Arbitrum Governance Smart Contract Upgrade Technical Details

As discussed on the call, a change in contract address will require a proactive awareness campaign to ensure all downstream consumers affirm they are ready to consume the changes. I generally disagree with deploying new contracts and would rather upgrade the current implementation, but if we are upgrading the proxy itself because it’s using an outdated pattern, this better future proofs the protocol, and the negative impact is minimal then I am supportive as long as downstream consumers are notified (esp the Dune Community as their dashboards will likely silently fail).

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