Dencun, the most recent Ethereum network upgrade, has reportedly gone live for the first time on the Goerli testnet as of January 17, according to a social media post by Ethereum developer Parithosh Jayanthi.
As reported by Jayanthi, the introduction of the network was postponed by an estimated four hours due to a bug. However, the network was restored after the issue was resolved via an upgrade.
The Dencun upgrade, once deployed to the mainnet, will substantially reduce the transaction fees for Ethereum layer two cryptocurrencies, including Optimism, Base, Polygon zkEVM, and others, according to developers. It will also permit the development of novel bridge and staking pool features and restrict self-destruction operations.
Developer of Ethereum Tim Beiko asserts that the divide was activated at roughly 6:00 am UTC. Beiko announced approximately twenty minutes after this post that the network had a “chain split” due to an absence of finalization.
Subsequently, Terence. eth disclosed that a flaw in the Prysm implementation of Ethereum prevented it from synchronizing with the other nodes. Jayanthi asserts that the network resumed its seamless operation after identifying and patching the vulnerability.
According to Jayanthi, the rapid implementation of the solution demonstrated the effectiveness of the team’s diagnostic systems. Jayanthi stated, “I would like to point out that we went from fork to issue to triage to fix to completion in less than four hours.” “The debugging equipment has significantly improved!”
According to its testing schedule, Dencun’s next major milestone is scheduled for January 30, when it will be implemented on the Sepolia testnet. February 7 will mark the Holesky testnet. The team must still declare a specific date for implementing the mainnet upgrade.
