Crypto Mini Lesson: The History of Ethereum
The Shanghai upgrade (Shapella) on April 12, 2023, enabled staking withdrawals, allowing validators to reclaim their staked ETH.
The Cancun upgrade (Dencun) on March 13, 2024, introduced blob data, significantly reducing the cost of posting data from layer 2 networks to the mainnet.
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$ETH has been Ethereum's native coin for paying gas since the mainnet launched in 2015.