Ethereum completes final stage of Fusaka upgrade

Ethereum developers have successfully completed the BPO-2 fork, the final stage of the Fusaka upgrade, The Block reported. BPO, a fork dedicated to blob parameters, increases the target and maximum number of blobs per block on Ethereum. This update is designed to reduce data storage costs for Layer 2 rollups, which is expected to lower network fees for users. The first stage of the upgrade, BPO-1, was completed on Dec. 9.