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@eserilev eserilev commented Jan 18, 2026

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Data column sidecar is changing in Gloas
data columns: https://github.com/ethereum/consensus-specs/blob/master/specs/gloas/p2p-interface.md#modified-datacolumnsidecar

Since we're now in Fulu, we can deprecate blob support for

  • lookup sync
  • get blobs v1
  • gossip

However we still need to support blobs for

  • reconstructing blobs from columns
  • backfill sync (and technically range sync, because if we support blobs for backfill it would be hard to deprecate support for blobs in range sync)

I think this PR should go in after our 8.1 release and 8.1 should be the last release where we have full blob support

TODOs:

  • Add p2p verification logic for Gloas columns
  • Ensure we have adequate test coverage. Many blob tests were replacted with column tests
  • Fix ef tests. Theres some blob fork choice tests that I think we should just delete.
  • PR self review, and potentially clean things up further

@eserilev eserilev added the work-in-progress PR is a work-in-progress label Jan 18, 2026
@eserilev eserilev requested a review from jxs as a code owner January 18, 2026 00:03
@eserilev eserilev added the gloas label Jan 18, 2026
@eserilev eserilev changed the title Gloas Column and Blob variants and deprecating blobs over P2P Gloas Column and Blob variants and deprecating full blob support Jan 18, 2026
@eserilev eserilev closed this Jan 20, 2026
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