Decrypt: Fusaka Upgrade
Ethereum's Fusaka activation finally aligns its base layer with the scale of activity already happening across its L2 ecosystem, Blockscout told Decrypt.
Ethereum activated its Fusaka upgrade on mainnet on Wednesday, bringing the network’s second major upgrade this year and introducing changes to data availability and block capacity that developers said would define its next phase of scaling.
The upgrade was activated at block height 18,200,000 in late afternoon, following test deployments across the Holesky, Sepolia, and Hoodi test networks throughout October. Final readiness checks were completed across client teams earlier this week.
Fusaka’s activation “finally aligns” its base layer “with the scale of activity already happening” across its layer-2 ecosystem, Blockscout, an open-source block explorer for chains based on the Ethereum Virtual Machine, told Decrypt.
“Ahead of Fusaka’s activation, we saw signs of preparation for higher data throughput across the L2 networks we index with the most visible shift in posting patterns,” it said.
Several rollups are “increasing the regularity of state-root submissions and adjusting block intervals,” a trend that could mean “smoother sequencing and more regular batch updates,” they add. “The trend is incremental rather than disruptive, but it is noticeable,” they said, adding that it suggests “an ecosystem getting ready for more capacity and more predictable throughput.”