proxy-patterns

To choose the best upgradeable proxy pattern, evaluate your contract's upgradeability, gas costs, and security requirements. Compare UUPS, Transparent, Beacon, Minimal, and Diamond architectures to balance upgrade flexibility with gas efficiency for your deployment scale.

UUPS places upgrade logic in the implementation for lower gas, Beacon proxies route multiple contracts to one implementation, and Diamond architectures enable modular contract upgrades. The right proxy pattern depends on your governance needs and contract size.

You need a minimal proxy, following EIP-1167, when deploying many identical contracts and prioritizing low gas costs over complex upgradeability. Minimal proxies delegate calls to a single implementation, drastically reducing deployment gas costs.

Gas costs and security checks heavily influence proxy pattern selection by dictating deployment and execution overhead. Evaluating these factors ensures the chosen proxy architecture, like UUPS or Transparent, meets secure upgrade requirements without excessive gas.

You can use proxy patterns for protocols with complex governance needs by selecting architectures like Transparent or Diamond proxies. These patterns support advanced upgrade strategies that securely manage contract logic changes based on governance decisions.