One of the most common user suggestions on the Pectra Retrospective forum is to speed up Ethereum updates. Tim Beiko from EF mentioned this during the ACDE Call teleconference.
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He recommended defining the scope of an upgrade before the previous hard fork is implemented on the mainnet. This would allow for a quicker transition to considering a specific set of EIP.
A developer known as Dustin pointed out the inevitable time costs associated with any Ethereum update, due to testing and deployment work. For instance, in a public testnet, an upgrade takes up to three weeks, while its implementation on the mainnet requires at least 30 days.
According to Dustin, this does not hinder plans to reduce the frequency of hard forks from a year to six months. However, he believes shorter timelines are unrealistic.
The previous Dencun update in Ethereum was implemented in March 2024. The Pectra hard fork, initially scheduled for early March 2025, is now expected to occur on April 8. This date was chosen by the consensus layer team during an ACDC Call on February 6.
The execution layer developers confirmed the upgrade deployment schedule:
- February 14 — client teams will release updated software;
- February 24 and March 5 — the hard fork will occur in the Holesky and Sepolia testnets, respectively.
For accelerating the implementation of the next hard fork — Fusaka — the plans include:
- March 13 — deadline for submitting proposals for included EIPs;
- March 27 — client teams decide on their preferred upgrade scope;
- April 10 — final upgrade scope is established.
Summary of today’s AllCoreDevs call is up on @EthMagicians ?
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— timbeiko.eth (@TimBeiko) February 13, 2025
Beiko believes this will allow for a quicker transition to discussing the Glamsterdam hard fork.
Ethereum faces “intense competition” from rival blockchain projects like Solana, according to JPMorgan analysts.
In February, the supply of the second-largest cryptocurrency returned to pre-The Merge levels. Experts suggest that Pectra will further accelerate Ethereum’s inflation.