Odaily Planet Daily reports that Ethereum Foundation researchers have officially set a date for its next mainnet hard fork (codenamed "Fusaka"). During a core developer call on Thursday, Ethereum Foundation researchers stated that Fusaka will launch on December 3rd.

Developers had been aiming for this date since at least mid-September. Fusaka launched on the Hoodi testnet this Tuesday, marking the final step towards mainnet activation. Earlier this month, it was successfully deployed on the Holesky and Sepolia testnets.

This backward-compatible Fusaka hard fork will implement approximately a dozen Ethereum improvement proposals to enhance the sustainability, security, and scalability of the base chain and its surrounding Layer 2 ecosystem. Most notably, Fusaka will implement Peer-to-Peer Data Availability Sampling (PeerDAS), a technology that simplifies validators' access to data. PeerDAS was initially planned for Ethereum's last major upgrade (Pectra in February) but was delayed due to the need for testing. Fusaka will also increase Ethereum's block gas cap from 30 million units to 150 million units, and is expected to rapidly double block capacity. (The Block)