Vitalik Buterin unveils the latest iteration of the Ethereum ecosystem roadmap, Dencun is introduced as the transformative upgrade, while Solana garners increased momentum.This episode is sponsored by the Stellar Community FundFollow the show here for more.In this installment of "The Protocol," hosts Brad Keoun, the founding editor of The Protocol Newsletter, and tech journalists Sam Kessler and Margaux Nijkerk,  explore the following stories:TOPIC  |  Dencun - The Next Big Upgrade Developers also penciled in the end of February as a soft target for the upgrade to hit the main Ethereum blockchain.UPDATED ETHEREUM ROADMAPEthereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released an updated version of his Ethereum ecosystem roadmap last weekend. The roadmap is used as a rough guiding post and progress tracker for the overall development of the Ethereum ecosystem, and this year's update gave a glimpse into how Buterin thinks the second-most valuable blockchain ecosystem might be able to address two of its biggest challenges: speed and centralization.PROTOCOL VILLAGE SEGMENT  TOPIC | SOLANA: SOL tokenSolana has been one of the biggest gainers of the latest crypto cycle, with a handful of airdrops and meme tokens accelerating big boosts in the price of SOL. Also, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has released an updated roadmap for the ecosystem.EPISODE LINKS |  Ethereum Developers Target January for First Testnet Deployment of Next Big Upgrade, 'Dencun' https://x.com/vitalikbuterin/status/ Single slot finality | ethereum.org The Protocol: Is Solana's Rebound The Real Thing? Sign Up for THE PROTOCOL NEWSLETTER -From Our Sponsor: The Stellar Community Fund (SCF) is an open-application awards program that draws on community input to support developers and startups building on Stellar and Soroban. Accelerate your web3 project today.Apply for Funding at communityfund.stellar.org-The Protocol has been produced and edited by senior producer Michele Musso and our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Take Me Back” by Strength To Last.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.