Ethereum's latest updates focus on improving scalability, security, and sustainability. Here's what's new:
Upcoming Upgrades
- Fusaka Upgrade: Following the Pectra fork, Fusaka introduces PeerDAS (Peer Data Availability Sampling), enabling nodes to efficiently verify blob data and increasing blob capacity from 12 to 50 blobs per block.
- Pectra Upgrade: A hard fork that brings new approaches to account abstraction, improves scalability, and more. It's expected to be activated on May 7th, with Fusaka potentially launching in 2026.
Key Improvements
- PeerDAS: Allows nodes to sample small parts of data instead of downloading full datasets, reducing bandwidth and hardware strain.
- Ethereum Object Format (EOF): Overhauls smart contract structure and validation, making behavior more transparent and less prone to execution bugs.
- Increased Gas Limit: A potential fourfold increase in Layer 1 gas limits to enhance transaction throughput
Roadmap and Development
- Ethereum's roadmap is constantly evolving, with a focus on adaptability and staying up-to-date with technological breakthroughs.
- The roadmap includes various upgrades, such as Danksharding, Single Slot Finality, and Proposer-Builder Separation, to improve scalability, security, and user experience
Price and Market Performance
- Ethereum's price has been volatile, with a recent trading range around $1,800.
- Some analysts predict potential growth with upcoming upgrades, while others warn of a slow decline if meaningful upgrades don't materialize$ETH