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+---
+eip: 3238
+title: Difficulty Bomb Delay to Summer 2022
+author: Afri Schoedon (@q9f)
+discussions-to: https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/issues/3239
+type: Standards Track
+category: Core
+status: Draft
+created: 2021-01-25
+---
+
+## Simple Summary
+Delays the difficulty bomb so 30 second blocks won't happen until around summer 2022.
+
+## Abstract
+Starting with `FORK_BLOCK_NUMBER` the client will calculate the difficulty based on a fake block number suggesting to the client that the difficulty bomb is adjusting eleven million blocks later than the actual block number.
+
+## Motivation
+Even after the Ethereum 2.0 mainnet launch, Ethash proof-of-work mining on the legacy chain should be feasible. It should allow miners sealing new blocks every 13~15 seconds on average for another ten months and allow both Ethereum 1.x and Ethereum 2.0 developers to conclude the merge.
+
+## Specification
+#### Relax Difficulty with Fake Block Number
+For the purposes of `calc_difficulty`, simply replace the use of `block.number`, as used in the exponential ice age component, with the formula:
+
+    fake_block_number = max(0, block.number - 11_000_000) if block.number >= FORK_BLOCK_NUMBER else block.number
+
+## Rationale
+This will delay the ice age by another ~26 million seconds (approximately ~9.89 months), so the chain would be back at ~30 second block times in summer 2022. Hopefully, by then the Eth1-to-Eth2 merge will be concluded and the ice age fulfilled its task.
+
+## Backwards Compatibility
+This EIP is not forward compatible and introduces backwards incompatibilities in the difficulty calculation. Therefore, it should be included in a scheduled hardfork at a certain block number. It's suggested to consider this EIP either with or shortly after the Berlin hard-fork but not later than July 2021.
+
+Alternatively, in order to maintain stability of the system, a it can be considered to activate this EIP along with EIP-1559 fee market changes in a bundle. With the delay of the ice age, there is a desire to no further increase inflation and rather incentivize users to participate in proof-of-stake consensus instead. 
+
+## Security Considerations
+There are no known security issues with this proposal.
+
+## Copyright
+Copyright and related rights waived via [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).