Ethereum Ecosystem
Ethereum Uptime
11 years, 0 months, 7 days
4 hours, 35 minutes, 5 seconds
Events
Fulu-Osaka (Fusaka)
3 December 2025
Major improvements to Ethereum's scalability and user experience, including PeerDAS for enhanced data availability.
Prague-Electra (Pectra)
2 May 2025
Pectra increases Blob Target and brings UX improvements with native Account Abstraction
Cancun-Deneb (Dencun)
13 March 2024
Dencun introduces Proto-Danksharding via EIP4844
Shanghai-Capella (Shapella)
12 April 2023
Shapella introduces various Staking improvements like enabling withdrawals.
Paris The Merge
15 September 2022
Paris upgrade introduced the Merge - a transition from PoW to PoS by merging the main Ethereum chain with the Beacon Chain. This event permanently reduced ETH issuance by approximately 90%.
London Burn EIP-1559
6 August 2021
London upgrade introduced EIP-1559 a mechanism to burn a portion of transaction fees. Ultra sound money is born.
Serenity Phase 0
1 December 2020
Serenity Phase 0 deployment increased issuance to secure the Beacon Chain a separate Proof-of-Stake network running in parallel to Ethereum's Proof-of-Work (PoW)
Difficulty Bomb Activates
1 January 2020
Muir Glacier upgrade delayed difficulty bomb.
Difficulty Bomb Activates
1 November 2019
Difficulty bomb reactivates slowing block times.
Constantinople - Reduce Issuance and Difficulty Bomb Delay
28 February 2019
Constantinople upgrade reduces block reward from 3 ETH to 2 ETH and delays difficulty bomb.
Difficulty Bomb Activates
1 November 2018
Difficulty bomb reactivates slowing block times.
Byzantium - Reduce Issuance and Difficulty Bomb Delay
16 October 2017
Byzantium upgrade includes a reduction of block rewards from 5 ETH to 3 ETH and delays difficulty bomb.
Difficulty Bomb Activates
1 June 2017
Difficulty bomb activates slowing block times.
Anomaly
22 September 2016
A series of Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks targeted the Ethereum network which led to a temporary increase in block time.
Homestead Upgrade
14 March 2016
The Homestead upgrade lead to a slight reduction in block times.
Genesis Block
30 July 2015
The Ethereum genesis block was mined. The start of the network.
Economic Activity is Shifting Onchain
Revenue generated and value locked are growing across the Ethereum ecosystem, with Ethereum Mainnet remaining the most trusted ledger.
The Ethereum Ecosystem is Scaling
Transaction capacity is rising across Ethereum Mainnet and its growing number of Layer 2 scaling solutions.
# Layer 2s Live
85
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2020
2026
Daily TPS
1.17k
Layer 2 Share: 97.89%
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2015
2026
Meet Layer 2s
Ethereum scales using a wide set of different Layer 2s, built by 3rd party teams. Take a closer look at them on our platform.
OP Mainnet
11.7k
Wallets Yesterday
23.0M
Total Wallets
$431.1M
Stablecoin Supply
15.52
TPS/Day
Most used apps
Arbitrum One
119.4k
Wallets Yesterday
71.1M
Total Wallets
$4.3B
Stablecoin Supply
15.30
TPS/Day
Most used apps
Base Chain
226.1k
Wallets Yesterday
288.5M
Total Wallets
$4.7B
Stablecoin Supply
80.95
TPS/Day
Most used apps
Celo
466.7k
Wallets Yesterday
10.1M
Total Wallets
$132.1M
Stablecoin Supply
12.50
TPS/Day
Most used apps
Soneium
59.0k
Wallets Yesterday
5.6M
Total Wallets
$8.1M
Stablecoin Supply
4.37
TPS/Day
N/A
Most used apps
