Ethereum Fusaka Upgrade Set to Go Live Today, What Changes Can We Expect?

Ethereum Fusaka upgrade set to go live today

ETH enthusiasts are eager to see the positive impact of this launch.

What changes can ETheruem network users expect?

The crypto market remains in a steady state of what seems to be a sideways movement towards a gradual recovery phase that could extend into a bullish price rally and an extended bull market in a 5-year bull cycle. This, alongside several other factors, spur bullish sentiments. In detail, the Ethereum Fusaka upgrade set to go live today is one of the most bullish signs in the market at the moment. What changes can we expect to see?

Ethereum Fusaka Upgrade Set to Go Live

The crypto community, especially ETH enthusiasts, are excited to see the fruits of the Ethereum Fusaka upgrade expected to go live today. As we can see from the post below, it stresses how important and big this upgrade is for the Ethereum network and ETH. For instance, the last major upgrade (Pectra) pushed ETH up 50% in one week, and Fusaka is a much bigger upgrade than Pectra

The post goes on to elaborate on the impact that this upgrade is set to bring. To start off, it highlights Ethereum’s one major problem right now: L2 data congestion. Rollups like Base, Arbitrum, OP and zkSync all push their data back to Ethereum, but today every node must download the entire blob file to verify it. This slows the network, increases bandwidth use, and keeps L2 fees higher than they should be

Fusaka fixes this in a very simple way. First, block capacity increases from 45 million to 150 million gas. This instantly gives Ethereum almost 3× more room for transactions, smart contracts, and rollup data. More room means more activity, and more activity means more ETH burned. Second, Fusaka adds PeerDAS. Instead of downloading full blob files, nodes now check small random pieces

Impact of Fusaka on Ethereum and Crypto

This reduces load on nodes, lowers costs for rollups, and makes Ethereum handle far more data without slowing down. Third, Fusaka adds Verkle Trees, which make Ethereum’s state smaller and easier to verify. This means nodes sync faster, storage becomes lighter, and Ethereum becomes easier to operate long-term. What does this mean for everyday users? Faster confirmations. More stable gas fees. Cheaper L2 transactions. Less congestion during busy hours. Everything simply feels smoother without users changing anything

For L2s, the impact is even larger. Rollups depend on blob space. Fusaka increases that space and reduces verification costs at the same time. This lets L2s scale far faster, which means more transactions, more activity, and more ETH being used, and every L2 transaction eventually settles on Ethereum, which burns ETH. More rollup activity leads to more settlement, which means more burn, and stronger ETH economics. This is why Fusaka is not just a performance upgrade

It directly strengthens Ethereum’s demand, usage, and fee burn model, and the price part matters too. When Pectra launched, ETH pumped 50% in a week, even though Pectra was smaller and focused on wallets and staking. Fusaka increases capacity, reduces costs, improves data handling, and boosts the burn rate. It is a deeper, more meaningful upgrade. Ethereum becomes faster, cheaper, lighter, and more scalable starting today, and the market still hasn’t priced in how big this is for ETH.