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Diamond Storage

ERC 8042, Diamond Storage. This standard formalizes the diamond storage pattern originally introduced by ERC-2535 Diamonds and widely adopted across smart contracts.

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Authors: Nick Mudge
Date: 2025
Publisher: Nick Mudge
Version: Source cited by the 2025 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0511
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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ERC 8042, Diamond Storage. This standard formalizes the diamond storage pattern originally introduced by ERC-2535 Diamonds and widely adopted across smart contracts.

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Mudge, N. (2025). Diamond Storage. Nick Mudge. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8042

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@techreport{erc80422025,
  title = {Diamond Storage},
  author = {Nick Mudge},
  year = {2025},
  institution = {Nick Mudge},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-8042},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/erc-8042}
}

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AU  - Nick Mudge
PY  - 2025
PB  - Nick Mudge
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N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
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