The Ethereum blockchain team carry out the Dencun hard fork on test networks in the first two months of 2024.
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According to Tim Beiko, the project lead, if everything goes as planned, deployments are expected on the following schedule:
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- January 17 on Goerli;
- January 30 on Sepolia;
- February 7 on Holesky.
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\”Obviously, if we encounter a serious problem or something crazy earlier, we can always cancel the process. Ideally, we will publish a blog post about the fork somewhere within the week of January 8, so that people have at least a week to upgrade,\” Beiko added.
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After a successful launch on the test nets, Dencun will be deployed to the mainnet by the end of February.
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Initially the hard fork was scheduled for Q4 2023, but the developers pushed back it to the next year, citing persistent issues with consensus.
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Dencun is the update that implements the EIP-4844. It includes the option Proto-Danksharding, intended to scale the network by creating a new type of transaction for large data blobs. It is expected to reduce fees for L2 solutions based on the technology Rollups.
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The hard fork envisages overhaul of the consensus (Deneb) and execution (Cancun) layers.
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In September, the Holesky testnet launch took place, which is intended to replace Goerli. The testnet is designed to play a key role in implementing Dencun, providing stricter conditions for validating the upgrade.
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As ForkLog explained in educational cards about the Ethereum roadmap.