According to Cointelegraph, Ethereum core developers and ecosystem leaders expressed support for accelerating the deployment of future Ethereum protocol upgrades during an 'All Core Devs' meeting on February 13. The meeting, which included at least 25 participants such as Ethereum Foundation researcher Tim Beiko, focused on the upcoming Pectra and Fusaka upgrades.
Nixo Rokish, a member of the Ethereum Foundation's protocol support team, highlighted a strong consensus from the Pectra Retrospective post, indicating a desire for quicker fork cadences. This approach would require less deliberation on scope and more decisive opinions. The Pectra upgrade, scheduled for April, aims to enhance crypto wallet functionality and improve user experience. It could be one of the largest upgrades in Ethereum's history, incorporating up to 20 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs). These proposals not only aim to improve user experience but also include scaling measures to increase the data availability blob count from three to six. Beiko announced that Pectra system contracts would launch on the Ethereum mainnet on February 17.
Additionally, Ethereum developers have set an April 10 deadline to finalize the Fusaka upgrade, which includes several EIPs focused on enhancing the transaction inclusion process. Developers have until March 13 to propose their 'Proposed for Inclusion' EIPs for Fusaka, while the community is expected to share their preferences for EIPs by March 27. This push for faster updates comes as crypto-focused venture capital firm Paradigm urged Ethereum core developers to expedite protocol updates, achieve more milestones on its technical roadmap, and maintain its competitive edge as a leading layer 1 blockchain. Paradigm emphasized that Ethereum could accelerate high-impact improvements without compromising its core values, suggesting that discussions on value tradeoffs might be premature and could lead to unnecessary rigidity. Empowering developers with a mandate to move faster and in parallel could enable Ethereum to address issues more swiftly and avoid getting bogged down in premature debates.