Ethereum's next network upgrade, Pectra, is set to go live on the Ethereum mainnet on May 7, 2025, at epoch 364032.

Following last year’s Dencun upgrade, Pectra introduces new features to enhance Ethereum accounts, improve the validator experience, and support L2 scaling — and more.

Learn more about these three major improvements in the post below.

Ethereum's next network upgrade, Pectra, is set to go live on the Ethereum mainnet on May 7, 2025, at epoch 364032.

Following last year’s Dencun upgrade, Pectra introduces new features to enhance Ethereum accounts, improve the validator experience, and support L2 scaling — and more.

Learn more about these three major improvements in the post below.

https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/04/23/pectra-mainnet