Ethereum has made some truly substantial upgrades over the last couple years, from the Merge shifting the network to a more environmentally friendly proof-of-stake model to this year’s Dencun upgrade substantially cutting layer-2 network fees.
What’s next? It’s called Pectra, and it won’t be one drop but at least two parts, splitting up some of the various features across multiple waves in 2025 and potentially 2026 too. Pectra is poised to bring some serious quality-of-life improvements, including more flexibility in how we pay for gas fees and more benefits for validators.
Spend a few minutes and read our Ethereum Pectra preview, which includes perspective from core dev Marius van der Wijden about the potential impact of these improvements and when they’re coming.
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