Ethereum & Altcoins
Pectra upgrade testing reveals validator and client risks
Pectra testnet preparations on Holesky faced chain splits and massive storage spikes, with Lighthouse node disk usage ballooning from 20GB to over 1TB. The upgrade…
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pectra upgrade
Ethereum & Altcoins
Blobs remain nearly free after Pectra capacity expansion
Ethereum's Pectra upgrade increased daily data capacity to 8.15GB, causing blob fees to drop to a median of $0.00000000035 per object. While Base generated over $3.2…
Ethereum & Altcoins
Geth dominance and the Pectra concentration trap
Geth currently commands a 78% network share, creating significant single points of failure. The upcoming Pectra upgrade's EIP-7251 could further concentrate risk by…