Ethereum core developer timbeiko.eth summarized the 176th ACDE meeting on X platform. Developers discussed the state of Dencun, the timeline for the test network, and how to plan network upgrades.

Consensys has released an article introducing the fourth part of the Ethereum Dencun upgrade series, focusing on EIP-7514 (which will change validator churn limits) and EIP-1153 (which will introduce a transient storage opcode in the EVM execution layer). The article considers one EIP in 7514 as a proactive measure to prevent unsustainable consensus layer inflation, while the second EIP in EIP-1153 is seen as a major improvement to the EVM codebase that will benefit dApp developers and ultimately benefit end-users by reducing gas costs for more complex transactions.

Ethereum client developers confirmed on Thursday that the expected Dencun upgrade will not be implemented in a network hard fork before the end of 2023.Last month, with the Ethereum Holesky testnet launch delayed from the plan, it was unanimously believed that completing the Dencun upgrade before December was unlikely.

Ethereum client developers confirmed on Thursday that the expected Dencun upgrade will not be implemented in a network hard fork before the end of 2023. Last month, when the new Holešky testnet was successfully launched later than planned, it was unanimously believed that it was unlikely to complete the upgrade before the December holidays. Anonymous Prysm developer Potuz confirmed on today's core developer conference call that it is impossible to fork the mainnet in 2023. He pointed out that in the past few months, there has been a consensus issue among the 10 developer networks (devnets) that have launched test upgrades so far, and added that "none of them have progressed smoothly."