Fusaka hard fork’s next devnet will go live on Wednesday. The first public testnet is scheduled to launch in late September.
Ethereum core developers have tentatively chosen November to release the protocol’s next major hard fork, called Fusaka, aimed at making the network more efficient and scalable.
Meanwhile, feature upgrades in the Glamsterdam hard fork, the next upgrade after Fusaka, are set to be confirmed on Aug. 1.
The Ethereum community has been pushing for more frequent and faster upgrades for the protocol. The upgrade timeline would place Fusaka six months after the most recent Ethereum hard fork, Pectra, which introduced account abstraction, increased the validator staking limit, and made layer-2 networks more efficient.
According to ethPandaOps, a community dedicated to improving the Ethereum network, the Fusaka hard fork will release its next devnet on Wednesday, with 11 Ethereum improvement proposals to be included.
One of these includes EIP-7825, which aims to make the network more resilient to malicious attacks while also scaling the network.
Ethereum core developers have also proposed to raise Ethereum’s gas limit to 150 million.
However, to speed up the testing process, EIP-7907, which would double the contract code size limit and introduce gas metering, has been removed.
In April, Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko stated that the controversial EVM Object Format upgrade will also not be a part of the Fusaka upgrade.
Two public testnets are set to follow in September and October, with the final launch of the Fusaka hard fork in early November.
In an X post, Ethereum protocol support member Nixo expressed concerns about launching Fusaka on the Ethereum mainnet this year.
“If we want to ship by Devconnect, we need our timeline TIGHT. We’ll go over that in detail. Can we get client releases in the ~next month & a half?” Nixo said.
Devconnect will take place from Nov. 17 to Nov. 22 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The tentative deadline for Fusaka comes as Ethereum core developers prepare to gather feedback for the Glamsterdam hard fork.
The upgrades that will make it into the hard fork will be announced during the next AllCoreDevs – Execution meeting, which will be held on Aug. 1.
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Ethereum core developer Barnabé Monnot said that the Ethereum network should reduce the block time from the current 12 seconds to six seconds. According to Monnot, this will greatly improve the user experience and make DeFi DApps more efficient.
If approved, the upgrade will be rolled out with the Glamsterdam hard fork, which is scheduled to release sometime in 2026.
Meanwhile, Ethereum validators have signalled their support for raising the network’s gas limit to 45 million, which will reduce transaction costs and improve network scalability.
In an X post on Sunday, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that “Almost exactly 50% of stake is voting to increase the L1 gas limit to 45m.”
