Ethereum Foundation developers have set early to mid-March of 2025 for the mainnet fork of the Pectra upgrade, setting the stage for the next phase of Ethereum development. The developers agreed on this tentative date at the Execution Layer meeting held on January 16.

This follows the disclosure that the Pectra Devnet 5, a specialized testnet for testing the Pectra upgrade, is now live. According to Ethereum developer and Galaxy Research executive Christine Kim, the develop