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What to Expect From Ethereum’s Cancun-Deneb Upgrade
The beginning of "The Surge" era in Ethereum's roadmap sees a range of enhancements to scalability, efficiency and security. Here’s a breakdown.
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Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist, namesake of the "proto-danksharding" feature at the heart of the blockchain's next big upgrade. (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk)
Ethereum Developers Set Timeline for Final ‘Dencun’ Testnet Upgrades
Developers will run through Dencun on the Sepolia and Holesky testnets on Jan. 30 and Feb. 7, putting the upgrade on track to reach the main network in late February or early...
Ethereum Foundation researcher Dankrad Feist, namesake of the "proto-danksharding" feature at the heart of the blockchain's next big upgrade. (Bradley Keoun/CoinDesk)

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Ethereum Developers Cement Final Lineup of Changes in ‘Dencun’ Upgrade
Proto-danksharding is at the heart of the package, with other improvements for storage on-chain, as well as minor code changes related to the Ethereum Virtual Machine.
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Optimism Completes ‘Bedrock’ Hard Fork, in Pursuit of Superchain
Developers behind the layer-2 scaling solution for Ethereum say the upgrade will reduce gas fees and cut deposit confirmation times.
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OP Labs CEO Karl Floersch. (Optimism)
Optimism 'Bedrock' Upgrade to Speed Confirmations, Cut Gas Fees, Set Path to 'Superchain'
The "Bedrock” upgrade will improve the usability of the chain by lowering gas fees and cutting deposit-confirmation times by 90% – pitched as a key step toward the Optimism ne...
OP Labs CEO Karl Floersch. (Optimism)

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Dash Blockchain Halts, Binance Pool Suspends Mining Rewards
The blockchain behind oldest privacy coin stopped after a failed hard fork, with the chain reportedly split in two.
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Meet ‘Dencun.’ Ethereum Developers Are Already Planning Next Hard Fork
The next major upgrade for the blockchain will include “proto-danksharding,” though developers are still deciding what else to include in the hard fork.
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Everything You Need to Know About Ethereum's Big Upgrade
A rundown of CoinDesk's coverage of the biggest crypto update since the Merge.
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Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Now Has Official Target Date
Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Now Has Official Target Date
Ethereum developers set a target date of April 12 during the All Core Developers Execution Layer #157 call Thursday for its long-awaited Shanghai hard fork that will enable st...
Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Now Has Official Target Date

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Bitcoin NFTs Challenge the Blockchain’s Largest Use Case: Money
The Bitcoin community has been abuzz with conversations around how Ordinal Inscriptions could signal a technical improvement to NFTs. But the increased fees and transaction sp...
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