Ethereum’s next upgrade, “Fusaka,” may reduce L2 and validator costs

PANews reported on May 13th that according to CoinDesk, after Ethereum successfully deployed the Pectra upgrade last week, the network's core developers have shifted their focus to the next major on-chain upgrade: Fusaka. Developers have begun planning the next network upgrade Fusaka and have agreed to include an EIP called "PeerDAS", which may help the network support larger transaction data "blobs". PeerDAS, or Peer Data Availability Sampling, will allow validators to download partial data from "blobs" instead of entire "blobs" to verify whether data has been published to the network. In theory, PeerDAS could reduce Layer 2 transaction costs and benefit institutions running validators on the Ethereum blockchain. Fusaka is planned to go live by the end of 2025 and will ultimately include a series of additional upgrades beyond PeerDAS.