Protocol

❗ This is a mandatory release for Base Mainnet node operators. It includes the following protocol upgrade activation:

• Ecotone activates on Mainnet at Thu Mar 14 00:00:01 UTC 2024

✨ The Ecotone upgrade brings 4844 and Cancun extensions to the L2.

Config changes

• For Ecotone, op-node needs to connect to an L1 beacon client to be able to fetch blobs. You must specify the endpoint with the --l1.beacon flag (or OP_NODE_L1_BEACON env var).
• If you are using a Lighthouse CL client, you must update to at least the v4.6.0 finalized release.

OP Stack Changeset

• op-node
  • v1.7.0
  • Changelog
• op-geth
  • v1.101308.2
  • Changelog