- Mainnet blobs are coming .oO: Two years after its ETHDenver inception, dozens of testing calls and devnets later, protodanksharding is lastly going dwell on mainnet!
- Dencun will activate on the Ethereum mainnet at epoch 269568, occuring on March 13, 2024 at 13:55 UTC. Node operators & stakers should improve their software program to releases listed on this announcement.
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The Dencun community improve has efficiently activated on all testnets. It’s now set for deployment on the Ethereum mainnet and can activate on the community at epoch 269568, occuring on March 13, 2024 at 13:55 UTC.
The improve, which follows final yr’s Shapella upgrade, consists of a number of adjustments, most notably the introduction of ephemeral information blobs with EIP-4844, often known as “protodanksharding”, which can assist scale back L2 transaction charges.
If you would like to observe the improve because it occurs, please be part of the community livestream.
Improve Specification
The Dencun improve combines adjustments to each Ethereum’s consensus and execution layers. The total record of protocol adjustments will be present in EIP-7569. For reference, they’re:
Deneb
Full python specs for adjustments affecting Ethereum’s consensus layer will be discovered within the deneb folder of the ethereum/consensus-specs repository.
Cancun
The EIPs linked above include the complete specs for adjustments affecting Ethereum’s execution layer.
Moreover, a python specification for these is being carried out within the ethereum/execution-specs repository.
Lastly, Deneb requires adjustments to the Engine API, used for communication between the consensus and execution layer nodes. These are specified within the cancun.md file of the ethereum/execution-apis repository.
Shopper Releases
The next consumer releases help Dencun on the Ethereum mainnet.
When selecting which consumer to run, validators must be particularly conscious of the dangers of operating a majority consumer on both the execution layer (EL) or consensus layer (CL). An explainer of those dangers and their penalties will be discovered here. An estimate of present EL and CL consumer distribution and guides for switching from one consumer to a different will be discovered here.
Consensus Layer Mainnet Releases
Observe: when operating a validator, each the Consensus Layer Beacon Node and Validator Shopper should be up to date.
Execution Layer Mainnet Releases
Notes:
- Whereas Reth helps Dencun, the consumer is present process a full audit and is not but really helpful for manufacturing use. See the Reth README for extra context.
- Whereas Geth v1.13.13 absolutely helps Dencun, v1.13.14 accommodates efficiency enhancements to the transaction pool’s dealing with of blob transactions and is thus really helpful.
FAQ
As an Ethereum consumer or Ether holder, is there something I have to do?
Briefly, no. You possibly can be part of us on the livestream to look at all of it occur dwell!
For those who use an change, digital pockets or {hardware} pockets you don’t want to do something except you might be knowledgeable to take extra steps by your change or pockets supplier.
For those who run your personal Ethereum node, see the following query.
As a non-staking node operator, what do I have to do?
To be appropriate with the mainnet Dencun improve, replace your node’s execution and consensus layer shoppers to the variations listed within the desk above.
As a staker, what do I have to do?
To be appropriate with the mainnet Dencun improve, replace your node’s execution and consensus layer shoppers to the variations listed within the desk above. Make sure that each your beacon node and validator consumer are up to date.
Moreover, stakers who wish to run by the improve course of extra occasions earlier than mainnet are inspired to make use of ephemery.dev, which now helps Dencun.
What occurs if I’m a staker or node operator and I don’t take part within the improve?
In case you are utilizing an Ethereum consumer that’s not up to date to the most recent model (listed above), your consumer will sync to the pre-fork blockchain as soon as the improve happens.
You can be caught on an incompatible chain following the outdated guidelines and can be unable to ship Ether or function on the post-Dencun Ethereum community.
As an utility or tooling developer, what ought to I do?
Overview the EIPs included in Dencun to find out if and the way they have an effect on your venture — there are numerous new thrilling options being launched throughout each the execution and consensus layers! The one EIPs with backwards compatibility implications are EIP-6780, EIP-7044 and EIP-7514.
Why “Dencun”?
Upgrades to the consensus layer use star names, and people to the execution layer observe Devcon metropolis names. “Dencun” is the mix of Deneb, a first-magnitude star within the Cygnus constellation, and Cancun, the placement for Devcon 3.
Thanks to everybody who helped convey the blobs into existence, (almost) rid us of SELFDESTRUCT and customarily ship yet another main overhaul to the Ethereum community .oO!
Authentic cowl picture by Darren Lawrence, with modifications by Tomo Saito.
