# The 1.x Files: EIP 1559 and the Ethereum Improvement Horizon

DevFeed: [The 1.x Files: EIP 1559 and the Ethereum Improvement Horizon](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-1-x-files-eip-1559-and-the-ethereum-improvement-horizon-16909.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2020/06/16/eth1x-1559>)

Author: Griffin Ichiba Hotchkiss

Published: 2020-06-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/blockchain.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>)

Tags: [blockchain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blockchain.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>)

## AI overview

This article examines EIP-1559, a proposed Ethereum gas fee market and block size mechanism. It focuses on how the proposal evolved through developer and community feedback and what that discussion may teach about constructive decision-making in Ethereum development.

## Source excerpt

I've been thinking recently about post-apocalyptic wastelands. Specifically, about this scene from Mad Max: Fury Road, when the main characters have just escaped the first wave of pursuit, and are staying ahead of their would-be captors. They need to keep moving, but still need to do maintenance on the centerpiece...