Countdown to The Prague/Electra Hardfork

Pectra Release Date Coming Soon!

Ethereum’s next update

What is Dencun?

With the upcoming Dencun upgrade, Ethereum will adopt EIP-4844, commonly called proto-danksharding. This upgrade introduces type-3 transactions (blobs), bringing new opportunities and new complexity for Layer 2 networks to optimize how they settle to the base layer.

What is the Pectra hardfork?

Ethereum Devs Explore Electra

Learn about the next major consensus layer upgrade Electra.

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All About EVM Object Format (EOF)

A bundle of changes geared towards upgrading the EVM. 

Read About EOF

Statelessness, State Expiry and History Expiry

Learn about how Core Devs are thinking about the size of Ethereum's state over time. 

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Is there any way to watch the Pectra hardfork live and in real time?

Yes! Once the next upgrade is scheduled, we will update this page and you will be able to watch the upgrade launch on Ethernow. 

Ethernow.xyz is a real time observability platform for Ethereum and you will be able to watch blocks and transactions come into the mempool at the exact time as Pectra is rolled out.


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