The Uniswap Foundation, backers of the decentralised finance (DeFi) protocol Uniswap, have revealed the launch date for the protocol’s v4 subsequent to the forthcoming Dencun upgrade on Ethereum.
In a statement on X, the foundation shared a roadmap outlining its intentions for the forthcoming rollout.
The organisation emphasised that it is presently in the “Code Freeze” phase, where it is finalising core code, conducting testing, optimising gas, enhancing security, and completing peripheral tasks.
The launch of Uniswap v4 is provisionally scheduled for Q3 2024.
Following this, the Uniswap Foundation team will engage audit firms and hold a community audit contest to review v4’s code.
The team is confident that Uniswap v4 will feature the “most rigorously audited code ever deployed on Ethereum.” Concurrently, the decentralised exchange will be deployed to the testnet as final adjustments are made.
As per the Uniswap Foundation, the third phase will see Uniswap v4 go live on the Ethereum mainnet in the third quarter of 2024.
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The organisation noted that this is a tentative date, contingent upon the status of the impending Dencun upgrade on Ethereum.
As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the Ethereum network’s Dencun upgrade was activated on the Goerli testnet on Jan. 17.
The upgrade introduces various Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), including EIP-4844, which enables proto-danksharding, a feature aimed at reducing layer2 transaction fees.
The Goerli deployment for the Dencun upgrade experienced a four-hour delay. Nonetheless, the upgrade’s deployment on the Sepolia testnet — the second of three Ethereum testnets — was completed without incident on Jan. 31.
Subsequent to the second testnet, the Dencun upgrade concluded the third phase of testing following its deployment to the Holesky testnet on Feb. 7.
On Feb. 8, Ethereum developer Tim Beiko announced that the upgrade is scheduled for the mainnet at “slot 8626176.” Blockchain research firm Nethermind noted that this will occur on March 13, 2024, at 1:55:35 pm UTC.
The date was established by Ethereum developers in a call on Feb. 8, subsequent to the successful deployment to the Holesky testnet.
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