# Ethereum Researchers Model a Fee Market Where Data Demand Sets the Ceiling on Execution

Two proposals now in analysis, one repricing blocks across multiple dimensions and one restructuring how blocks propagate, treat bandwidth rather than computation as the binding constraint on scaling.

- Published: 2026-09-17T05:45:36.942Z
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- Sources: [Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/when-data-binds-execution-dynamic-simulation-of-eip-7999-s-multidimensional-fee-market/26018), [Ethereum Research](https://ethresear.ch/t/eip-8411-what-segmented-payload-diffusion-is-made-of/26025)

A simulation published on the Ethereum research forum examines what happens under EIP-7999, an Ethereum Improvement Proposal that would price block resources across several dimensions rather than through a single gas measure. The analysis i…

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