{"id":5809,"date":"2025-05-07T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/?p=5809"},"modified":"2025-05-07T19:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:44:32","slug":"ethereum-pectra-upgrade-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investx.fr\/en\/crypto-news\/ethereum-pectra-upgrade-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum’s Pectra Update Goes Live : What’s New ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Turning Point for the Ethereum Ecosystem<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With the launch of Pectra<\/strong>, Ethereum<\/strong><\/a> is tackling one of its main challenges: drastically improving the user-friendliness of its ecosystem. Key changes include the introduction of smart contract wallets, allowing transaction fees to be paid in stablecoins<\/strong>, and a significant increase in the staking cap per validator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These innovations, combined with technical enhancements<\/strong> for scaling and data management, aim to make Ethereum more accessible to a non-technical audience while enhancing advanced functionalities. “Pectra is likely the most ambitious update we have ever carried out on the Ethereum protocol”<\/em>, highlights Preston van Loon, a core developer at Ethereum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pectra is live on Ethereum mainnet!

– Smart account wallet UX features now active
– L2 scaling data storage blobs increased by 2x
– Validator UX improvements live

Community members will continue to monitor for any issues over the next 24 hours.<\/p>— Ethereum.org (@ethereum)
May 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>