Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Will Play A Crucial Role In Determining ETH’s Price

• A recent meeting held by Ethereum’s lead developers has led crypto investors to speculate how the Shanghai update will impact the token’s future price.
• The Shanghai update is scheduled to be deployed in the second quarter of 2023.

Ethereum is all set to undergo another crucial upgrade dubbed “Shanghai,” which will play an elemental role in determining its price in the long run.

A recent meeting chaired by the Ethereum Foundation’s Tim Beiko along with other developers concerning the upcoming Shanghai upgrade has led the crypto proponents to dissect the upcoming Shanghai upgrade.

The upgrade will reportedly address Ethereum’s scalability issues while also helping the blockchain fix its notorious gas prices, which have plagued the network since its inception in 2015.

Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade: What’s Happening?

Last week, a Zoom meeting was convened by Tim Beiko and his team of lead developers to go through the planned Shanghai upgrade.

The update, which is set to be deployed in the second quarter of 2023, has been dubbed one of the most anticipated updates of the year as it will introduce new changes to Ethereum’s core infrastructure.

The meeting chaired by Beiko reportedly discussed “priorities for Ethereum’s next planned upgrade, dubbed Shanghai.” As per the new details, developers agreed on additional various new changes that Shanghai should prioritize, starting with facilitating staked Ether withdrawals.

Dubbed EIP 4895, Shanghai will ultimately permit crypto users to withdraw staked Ether. While the beacon chain at present permits ETH staking, it does not allow users/developers to withdraw staked ETH.

Moreover, the developers also agreed to review the EIP-4844 or Ethereum Virtual Machine Format code changes to include them in the upcoming Shanghai update rollout.

Another update that was discussed in the meeting was EIP-4844, also known as Proto Danksharding. EIP-4844 is a proposal that “introduces a new transaction type to Ethereum for settling batches of transactions from Layer-2 rollups in a cost-effective method,”

Later on, the developers further discussed upgrades related to the EOF, or Ethereum virtual machine format, which is “the execution environment that deploys smart contracts on Ethereum.” Shanghai could introduce a new EVM format that effectively distinguishes code from data in a way that saves gas for contract deployment.

How Will Shanghai’s Upgrade Affect Ethereum’s Price?

Since the testnet version of Shanghai, dubbed Shandong, is already live on Ethereum, users are anticipating new and exciting changes that the blockchain could soon offer in the near future.

In terms of Ethereum’s future price, the Shanghai upgrade deployment will significantly help in speeding up transactions on Ethereum. Apart from speed, the upgrade will also simplify the process of processing ETH transactions over layer-two networks such as Arbitrum and Optimism, helping the token gain more mainstream adoption and momentum.

According to Ethereum’s founder, Vitalik Buterin, Layer 2 networks on Ethereum are an integral part of the blockchain and also play a significant role in keeping the network affordable and cost-effective.

Shanghai’s upgrade rollout could also exert massive selling pressure considering that Ethereum currently has 15.51 million ETH staked. The upgrade will also help in reducing transaction costs on the blockchain, which is one of the leading reasons that could help ETH rally past its usual numbers.

Buterin had earlier mentioned how Ethereum will undergo other critical updates dubbed the “merge,” “purge,” and “splurge” upgrades. With a comprehensively defined ETH roadmap already in production, investors are extremely bullish that ETH will soon break past its usual price threshold to trade at a higher price.