ethereum / ethereum/execution-specs

Tracking Issue: Using common types across all forks

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Description

## Problem

Some data structures never change across forks, however they are still duplicated due to WET.

## Observation

@petertdavies created an issue to have a common Account type [here](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-specs/issues/2154#issuecomment-3886483804) and @SamWilsn asked whether we can do this for other types like `Address`.

This is a tracking issue for Sam's question.

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Research direction

Start with the linked Account discussion in issue #2154, then inspect how types are duplicated across the repository's forks. No files or tests are named in this tracking issue; done would require identifying suitable common types and defining the scope for consolidating them.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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