Ethereum “Dencun” mainnet implementation date scheduled for March 13th

Mainnet decided

On the 27th, the Ethereum Foundation announced that Dencun, the next major upgrade for the crypto asset (virtual currency) Ethereum (ETH), has been successfully launched on all testnets and will now enter the mainnet implementation stage.

The mainnet implementation time is estimated to be 22:55 on March 13th Japan time, and it is expected to launch at epoch “269568”.

This will enable the introduction of EIP-4844 (Protodunk Sharding).

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With the implementation of Protodunk Sharding, it is expected to lead to a reduction in network fees (gas fees) on layer 2 rollup chains. It is estimated that it has the potential to reduce Layer 2 transaction fees by up to 1/10, including Optimism (OP), Arbitrum (ARB), and the recently launched Starknet (STRK).

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