Ethereum nodes MUST be updated within ~24 hours for the Deneb-Cancun update!

The Deneb-Cancun (Dencun) upgrade is occurring tomorrow, March 13th, at 13:55:35 UTC (Unix time 1710338135, beacon chain epoch 269568).

1. Ethereum Foundation blog post with details: https://blog.ethereum.org/2024/02/27/dencun-mainnet-announcement

2. Event countdown (timeanddate.com)

3. Community YouTube live stream (live 1 hour before upgrade)

You must update your:

1. Consensus client (beacon node, validator client if applicable)

2. Execution client

3. MEV-boost (if applicable)

Need help with your setup? Check r/ethstaker and the EthStaked Discord.

Consensus client

Supported consensus client versions:

• Lighthouse v5.0.0 (3 weeks ago), latest: v5.1.1 (today)

• Lodestar v1.16.0 (3 weeks ago), latest: v1.17.0 (yesterday)

• Nimbus v24.2.2 (2 weeks ago)

• Prysm v5.0.0 (3 weeks ago), latest: v5.0.1 (4 days ago)

• Teku v24.2.0 (3 weeks ago) latest: 24.3.0 (4 days ago)

Execution client

Supported execution client versions:

• Besu 24.1.2 (3 weeks ago), latest: 24.3.0 (5 days ago, read release notes carefully and double-check your startup arguments still work!)

• Erigon v2.58.1 (3 weeks ago)

• Geth v1.13.13 (3 weeks ago), latest: v1.13.14 (2 weeks ago)

• Nethermind 1.25.4 (3 weeks ago)

• Reth: 0.1.0-alpha.19 (2 weeks ago) or 0.2.0-beta.1 (yesterday). Latest alpha: v0.1.0-alpha.22 (yesterday), latest beta: v0.2.0-beta.1 (yesterday)

  • WARNING: upgrading from alpha to beta requires a re-sync. Alpha is compatible with Dencun.

MEV boost

Supported MEV-boost version: 1.7.0 (released just 2 weeks ago!)

If you fail to update MEV-boost in a validator setup using it, your produced blocks will fail! ⚠️