Core Ethereum developers have agreed on a specific time to deploy the Dencun upgrade.
Dencun will be activated in slot number 8626176, According to Tim Bayko of the Ethereum Foundation. The slot number is currently estimated to occur on March 13th at 8:55 AM ET.
Incorporating the much-anticipated proto-danksharding functionality via EIP-4844, the Dencun upgrade introduces Blob transactions and ephemeral storage, among other technical improvements.
EIP-4844 aims to integrate off-chain “data chunks” so that more data can be included in Ethereum transactions without affecting block processing times.
Blob was designed to allow Ethereum to better support layer 2 networks such as zkSync, Optimism, and Arbitrum. This helps address the data storage requirements of these networks.
This upgrade follows a series of test deployments by Dencun, including the Goerli testnet on January 17th, the Seplia testnet on January 30th, and the Holesky testnet on February 7th. These testing steps were important to ensure upgrade readiness for the base network deployment. .
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