Upgrade Dencun Set to Roll Out on Ethereum by March 13
Ethereum developers have set a deadline of March 13 to implement the Dencun upgrade on the mainnet.
Upgrade Dencun set to roll out on Ethereum by March 13. Image: Decrypt
According to an announcement made on the evening of February 8, Ethereum has designated March 13 as the official date to deploy the Dencun upgrade on the mainnet, marking the next major update for the world's largest smart contract platform since the Shanghai upgrade enabled ETH staking in April 2023.
Blobs are coming to Ethereum mainnet
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As explained by Coin68, Dencun introduces "proto-danksharding," a feature aimed at significantly reducing transaction fees on layer-2 networks built on Ethereum by introducing the concept of blobs to optimize transaction data storage.
Previously, Dencun has undergone successful testing on Ethereum's testnets including Goerli (January 17), Sepolia (January 30), and Holesky (February 7).
Following Dencun, Ethereum's next significant upgrade, named Pectra, is currently under discussion, with details yet to be finalized.
