Ethereum sets schedule for final upgrade of “Denkun” on testnet | CoinDesk JAPAN

Developers planning Dencun, the biggest Ethereum blockchain upgrade of the year, confirmed the dates for changes to two major testnets in a blog post. In theory, this is the last step before moving to mainnet.

Denkun enables protodunk sharding, a technology feature that reduces the cost of layer 2 transactions and provides cheaper data availability on the blockchain.

Before being implemented on mainnet, developers will conduct a final rehearsal of the protocol changes on testnets Sepolia and Holesky on January 30th and February 7th, respectively.

Prior to this announcement, the testnet Goerli underwent an upgrade last week. The upgrade worked fine, with a few minor issues. Denkun is expected to become operational in Sepolia at 22:51 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), epoch 132608.

If all goes according to plan, Denkun’s final test will take place on February 7th at 11:34 UTC, Epoch 950272, in Horesky.

The developers will then decide on a date to move Denkun to Ethereum’s mainnet, but are currently targeting late February or early March.

“If you are running a node on either network, now is the time to update it,” Tim Beiko, head of protocol support at the Ethereum Foundation, said on X (formerly Twitter). .

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｜Original text: Ethereum Developers Set Timeline for Final ‘Dencun’ Testnet Upgrades