Ethereum upgrade aimed at lowering L2 TX costs eyes mainnet deployment

Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade, which introduces “proto-danksharding,” was successfully deployed on the Holesky testnet on Feb. 7.

Ethereum’s Dencun upgrade, introducing “proto-danksharding,” has successfully completed its final stage of testing via the Holesky testnet and is now awaiting a date for its mainnet deployment.

Data shows the Dencun upgrade was forked on Holesky at about 11:35 am UTC on Feb. 7, with Nethermind sharing the news on X shortly after. The upgrade is widely expected to drive down transaction costs on Ethereum layer-2s.

Prior to Holesky, Dencun was deployed on the Goerli and Sepolia testnets on Jan. 17 and Jan. 30, respectively.

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Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-dencun-upgrade-eyes-mainnet-after-holesky-testnet