The Dencun upgrade, introducing proto-danksharding (EIP-4844), was activated on the Ethereum mainnet

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The Dencun upgrade, introducing proto-danksharding (EIP-4844) to reduce Layer-2 fees and boost scalability, was activated on the Ethereum mainnet on March 13, 2024 at epoch 269568.

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March 13, 2024

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Those changes will come with the activation of a new Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) called “proto-danksharding,” or EIP-4844

The Dencun network upgrade has successfully activated on all testnets. It is now set for deployment on the Ethereum mainnet and will activate on the network at epoch 269568, occurring on March 13, 2024 at 13:55 UTC

Two years after its ETHDenver inception, dozens of testing calls and devnets later, protodanksharding is finally going live on mainnet,” the Ethereum Foundation said

Technically known as a "hard fork" in blockchain terminology, it's expected to initiate around 13:55 UTC (9:55 a.m. ET).

Ethereum developers are preparing for Wednesday's much anticipated Dencun upgrade, set to bring the biggest code change to the blockchain in over a year.

Dencun will be activated on the Ethereum mainnet on March 13 at epoch 269568, the blog post added. The activation will take place at 13:55 UTC, or 8:55 am ET.

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Week 11 of 2024