Summary
Developers have announced the dates for the final upgrades to the testnets Sepolia and Holesky as part of the Denkun upgrade, the biggest Ethereum blockchain upgrade of the year. Denkun will enable protodunk sharding, reducing the cost of layer 2 transactions and providing cheaper data availability on the blockchain. If the tests go smoothly, Denkun will be implemented on Ethereum’s mainnet in late February or early March. Developers are urging node operators to update their nodes before the upgrades.
Key Points
1. Developers have confirmed the dates for changes to two major testnets, Sepolia and Holesky, as the final step before moving to the mainnet for the Dencun upgrade.
2. Denkun enables protodunk sharding, a technology feature that reduces the cost of layer 2 transactions and provides cheaper data availability on the blockchain.
3. The developers are targeting late February or early March to move Denkun to Ethereum’s mainnet after conducting the final test on February 7th in Horesky.