ChainCatcher reports that Tim Beiko, the protocol support lead at the Ethereum Foundation, stated that the Pectra upgrade will be launched on the mainnet on May 7, with an expected epoch height of 364032.
It is understood that Pectra introduces EIP-7702, which allows standard Ethereum accounts (EOAs) to extend smart contract functionality, supporting use cases such as batch transactions, Gas sponsorship, or social recovery; for stakers, Pectra introduces a feature to increase validators' effective balance.
