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Ethereum’s Dencun Upgrade Drastically Lowers Layer-2 Transaction Fees

by Matoy
March 14, 2024
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  • Dencun upgrade on Ethereum leads to up to 99% reduction in Layer-2 gas fees.
  • Starknet and other L2 platforms witness significant decreases in transaction costs.
  • Ethereum Foundation’s Tim Beiko highlights Dencun’s complexity and its impact on scalability.

The Ethereum network recently underwent a significant enhancement known as the Dencun upgrade, leading to a dramatic decrease in transaction fees across various Layer-2 (L2) protocols. This upgrade, celebrated for its focus on scalability, has brought about reductions in gas fees by as much as 99% for some protocols, marking a milestone in Ethereum’s evolution since the Merge.

Revolutionary Reductions

In the wake of the Dencun upgrade, Starknet, an L2 protocol built on Ethereum, reported an astounding 99% decrease in its gas fees, with costs plummeting to merely $0.04 from a previous high of over $6. This reduction is indicative of the widespread impact the upgrade has had across the board, with platforms like Optimism, Base, and zkSync Era also experiencing significant drops in transaction fees.

Technical Tweaks and Future Forecasts

The upgrade introduced nine Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), among which EIP-4844 has played a pivotal role by introducing data blobs. These blobs provide L2 solutions with a new way to handle transaction data, circumventing the conventional “call data” process and thereby reducing costs and increasing transaction speed.

Tim Beiko from the Ethereum Foundation described the Dencun upgrade as one of the most complex forks since the Merge, highlighting the significant effort and technical sophistication involved in its implementation. Despite the immediate benefits observed in reduced gas fees and improved scalability, some experts caution that Dencun may only serve as a temporary fix to Ethereum’s scalability challenges, suggesting that further developments are necessary to sustain long-term growth and efficiency in the network.

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