Ethereum
developers
are
heating
up
their
testing
process
for
the
upcoming
Dencun
upgrade,
a
major
milestone
expected
next
year
that
would
add
capacity
for
data
storage
via
a
new
process
known
as
“proto-danksharding.”
In
a
biweekly
call
Thursday,
the
developers
discussed
that
they
are
targeting
Jan.
17
for
the
Goerli
test
network
(testnet)
to
run
through
Dencun,
the
much-anticipated
upgrade
that
will
enable
“proto-danksharding,”
which
reduces
fees
for
layer
2
rollups
and
scale
the
blockchain
by
increasing
space
for
“blobs”
of
data.
“Obviously
if
we
find
a
major
issue
or
something
crazy
before
then
we
can
always
cancel,”
Tim
Beiko,
protocol
support
lead
at
the
Ethereum
Foundation
said
on
the
call.
“This
would
mean
ideally
we’re
putting
out
the
blog
post
for
the
fork
sometime
during
the
week
of
Jan.uary
8th,
so
people
have
at
least
a
week
to
update.”
Dencun
was
originally
targeted
for
the
last
quarter
of
2023,
but
the
developers
pushed
it
back
to
2024,
citing
the
engineering
complexities
of
the
upgrade.
Developers
also
discussed
a
draft
timeline
for
the
Dencun
testing
upgrade,
aiming
to
run
through
another
test
network,
Sepolia,
on
Jan.
31,
the
Holesky
testnet
on
Feb.
7,
and
then
proceeding
to
deploy
the
changes
on
mainnet
around
the
end
of
February.
These
dates
could
change
depending
on
the
outcome
of
the
testnet
forks,
they
cautioned.