Summary
TLDR: The Dencun network upgrade has been successfully activated on testnets and will go live on the Ethereum mainnet on March 13. Stakers need to update their nodes and clients to be compatible. The upgrade will introduce proto-danksharding, allowing for cheaper transactions on the Ethereum blockchain.
Key Points
1. The Dencun network upgrade has been successfully activated on all testnets, with the mainnet activation scheduled for March 13 at epoch 269568.
2. Stakers will need to update their beacon nodes and validator clients to be compatible with the upgrade, as most client teams have already released final software versions for the Dencun upgrade.
3. The upgrade will introduce proto-danksharding to the Ethereum blockchain, allowing for cheaper transactions through the use of rollups with added data blobs on a beacon node.