Ethereum developers set May 7 as the mainnet release date for Pectra upgrades, the biggest change since the Dencun upgrade in March 2024.
Ethereum developers confirm pectra upgrade on May 7
exist”Consensus Level Meeting 154“The Ethereum team, held on the evening of April 3, 2025, set May 7, 2025 as the deployment date for the Pectra upgrade. The announcement came after Pectra successfully tested on Hoodi Testnet without any problems.
As Pectra plans to launch on Ethereum’s two testnets – Kon and Sepolia, demand for Hoodi Testnet is needed. Initially, the Ethereum developer team will launch the mainnet by the end of this month. However, the test of Holesky did not go smoothly, so the test network could not complete the transaction confirmation for several days. In Sepolia County, things were not better, forcing the ETH team to stop all efforts last week to point out the issue.
Source: crypto.com
By contrast, the third test of Hoodi was seamlessly conducted, paving the way for formal deployment and preparing the Mainnet launch for Pectra.
After completing the Pectra upgrade, Ethereum will enter phase 2, called Fusaka, which is expected to enter in 2026. The Fusaka upgrade will introduce EVM object format (EOF) and Peerdas, while improving Ethereum’s performance and security.
After Ethereum sets the Pectra upgrade date, the price of ETH (Ethereum) tokens did not show much reaction.
Source: Coingecko
About Pectra Upgrade
Since the Dencun upgrade in 2024, the Ethereum Pectra upgrade is one of the most important updates to the Ethereum network. Combining Prague (execution layer) and Electra (consensus layer) enhancements, Pectra aims to improve the scalability, efficiency, efficiency, user experience of blockchain.
The Pectra upgrade introduces some key improvements. It has smarter, safer and user-friendly features that enhance the Ethereum wallet. As the system delay decreases, the reduced limit increases from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH, making the validator more stable, thus adding more limits to the validator. Additionally, it enhances data storage by expanding the BLOB space by 50%, making transactions faster and cheaper. Pectra successfully tested on Hoodi Testnet, based on Ethereum’s scalability and efficiency, paving the way for Fusaka in 2026, although ETH prices have not yet reacted significantly.
