Dencun Upgrade News

Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade launches on the Holesky testnet today, introducing new validator rewards, account abstraction and layer-2 scaling improvements.

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In November, L2s have been posting some 3x more transaction data each day to the mainnet than they did in March.

Ethereum blob fees briefly surged to a price of $4.52, spurred by a frenzy of Scroll airdrop claims. 

The Ethereum network could generate $66 billion in free cash flow from transaction fees by 2030, VanEck estimates.

The roadmap comes amid fierce competition in data availability among rivals such as EigenDA and Avail.

Users will be able to earn restaking yield from layer-2 tokens on EigenDA.

This marks the first period of Ethereum becoming inflationary in the past year and a half since the Merge took place.

The Purge will introduce history expiration via EIP-4444 to limit the amount of historical data stored.

A new method for inscribing data on Ethereum blobs is wreaking havoc on fees for the data-saving feature.

The Dencun upgrade could be a significant step for mainstream crypto adoption, says Metis CEO Tom Ngo.

The Dencun upgrade marks a change in tactics for Ethereum, encouraging growth through improved layer-2 support.

The Dencun upgrade slashes fees on layer-2 solutions, paving the way for cheaper DeFi and NFTs while laying the groundwork for Ethereum’s future scalability.

Historically, Ethereum network upgrades rarely significantly impact the price of ETH.

While Dencun’s fee reduction for layer 2s is a significant bonus, it’s not the main benefit of the upgrade, Fuel Labs’ Nick Dodson told Cointelegraph.