What happens to the Ethereum mainnet after Fusaka upgrade
Ethereum (ETH) has rolled out three major network upgrades since The Merge in September 2022 — Shanghai, Dencun, and Pectra — and is now counting down the final steps to bring the next upgrade, Fusaka, live on mainnet. Developers deployed Fusaka to its second public test network, Sepolia, on October 14. According to the timeline, next on the schedule is the upgrade’s activation on the final testnet, Hoodi, on October 28. Once testing wraps up successfully, the upgrade is expected to go live on the mainnet on December 3. Fusaka & BPO mainnet activation schedule. Source: Ethereum Public Notes Looking back, Ethereum has steadily evolved after its PoS transition: Shanghai in September 2022 allowed staked ETH withdrawals; Dencun in March 2024 introduced proto-danksharding (blobs) to streamline Layer-2 data. Finally, Pectra in May 2025 focused on validator flexibility. Fusaka, named the star Fulu and the Devcon V host city Osaka, is set to unlock new levels of scalab...