Update gas docs to post-London/EIP-1559 info only

[samajammin]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Last year we created a bunch of updates around the London upgrade / EIP-1559: #3022 #3521

I'm wondering how long we should frame the content on the gas page as "Prior to the London upgrade" & "After the London upgrade".

• Should we update that page to reflect the current state of Ethereum (i.e. post-London)? If so, when?
• Should we continue to provide info on the historical structure of the gas market? Should ethereum.org provide an archive of sorts for this information, or can other places (e.g. https://ethdocs.org/) serve this purpose? Is providing historical references even valuable, or does it risk creating confusion in the ecosystem?

Describe the solution you'd like

For now I lean towards the stance that ethereum.org should focus on keeping content up to date with the current state of Ethereum. That means updating this gas page (& all content) to explain how Ethereum works now vs. how Ethereum has worked in the past.

Describe alternatives you've considered

As mentioned above, I'm open to input on how we may also provide an archive of how Ethereum once worked.

Additional context

This also relates to #3908

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[corwintines]

I think we should update the gas page to just portray the current state of Ethereum now that London has been out for quite a few months, and move some of the historical gas information to the /history/ page. We could probably overhaul the history page to accommodate for that change if we are going to add this information though. I do think there is some value showing the history of big changes like this though, and we have that page already. Seems like a good fit to me.

[github-actions]

This issue is stale because it has been open 45 days with no activity.

[wackerow]

Agree... this has been sitting for a while, and all the more reason I don't think we need that historical context directly in the dev docs anymore. I would recommend updating this page to describe the current state of Ethereum, and remove superfluous comments about the London upgrade.

[corwintines]

For who wants to pick this up

We should remove the What was the London Upgrade / EIP-1559? section from https://github.com/ethereum/ethereum-org-website/blob/dev/src/content/developers/docs/gas/index.md#what-was-the-london-upgrade--eip-1559-what-was-the-london-upgrade-eip-1559

This can be added to the London upgrade section on the history page https://github.com/ethereum/ethereum-org-website/blob/dev/src/content/developers/docs/gas/index.md#what-was-the-london-upgrade--eip-1559-what-was-the-london-upgrade-eip-1559

I think we can use an expandable card for this information (can reference use of this in that upgrade).

[Crosstons]

@corwintines @wackerow
Just to confirm the What was the London Upgrade /EIP-1559? expandable card is to be added just below the London EIPS expandable card? am I right?