This release embeds the mainnet fork number for Cancun, scheduled to go live on 13th March, 2024 (unix 1710338135). The specification can be read here, and it contains the following changes:

• EIP-1153: Transient storage opcodes
• EIP-4788: Beacon block root in the EVM
• EIP-4844: Shard Blob Transactions
• EIP-5656: MCOPY - Memory copying instruction
• EIP-6780: SELFDESTRUCT only in same transaction
• EIP-7516: BLOBBASEFEE opcode

To go along Cancun, we're providing refreshed Grafana dashboards:

• Geth Cancun InfluxDB Dashboard
• Geth Cancun Prometheus Dashboard

Other than that, the following assorted fixes and features are included in this release:

• Initial implementation of the era format. The era format is meant to provide a cross-client archive format for block data (#26621, #28959)
• Make rpc request limits configurable (#28948)
• Fix memory-leak with blob transactions (#28917)
• Stricter adherence to engine api spec (#28882)
• Fix enforcement of minimum miner tip (#28933)

For a full rundown of the changes please consult the Geth 1.13.12 release milestone.

As with all our previous releases, you can find the:

• Pre-built binaries for all platforms on our downloads page.
• Docker images published under ethereum/client-go.
• Ubuntu packages in our Launchpad PPA repository.
• OSX packages in our Homebrew Tap repository.