Ethereum Developers Plan to Speed Up Network Upgrades.

At the Pectra Retrospective forum, users proposed accelerating upgrade deployment. In response, Tim Beiko (Ethereum Foundation) suggested locking in upgrade scope before the previous hard fork launches to enable faster adoption of new EIPs.

🔹 Key changes:

• Developers aim to reduce hard fork intervals from 1 year to 6 months but say shorter cycles are unrealistic for now.

📅 Upcoming Dates:
🟢 Feb 14 – Updated client software release.
🟢 Feb 24 & Mar 5 – Pectra testing on Holesky & Sepolia.
🟢 Apr 8 – Expected mainnet hard fork.

➡️ Next upgrade: Fusaka
🟢 Mar 13 – EIP submission deadline.
🟢 Mar 27 – Final upgrade discussion.

JPMorgan warns that Ethereum faces competition from Solana, and Pectra may accelerate ETH inflation.