The Ethereum Shanghai / Capella Upgrade.
The Shanghai and Capella upgrades enable staking withdrawals on Ethereum, allowing users to unlock their staking rewards or exit from staking entirely by unlocking their full validator balance.
The target slot for this upgrade is set at 6209536. A slot occurs exactly every 12 seconds meaning the upgrade will occur on August 21st, 2026 at roughly 4:33 AM
Current Slot
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Target Slot
6,209,536
Remaining
6,209,536
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Beacon Deposit Contract
0x00000000219ab540356cbb839cbe05303d7705faThe Beacon deposit contract was deployed as phase 0 of ETH 2 allowing users to transfer their funds from Ethereum’s mainnet to the beacon chain for staking.
Balance
89860550.63085592108600743 ETH
Transactions
785,329 ETH
Internal TXs
1,761,676 ETH
Change since Shanghai
+71694399.462623504410260355 ETH
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Published by CoinDesk
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Published by Ethereum Foundation Blog
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Published by Decrypt
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Published by Decrypt
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Oluwapelumi Adejumo • Aug 17, 2026
Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Published by CoinDesk
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Published by CoinDesk
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Published by be[in]crypto
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ETH Foundation • Aug 17, 2026
Published by Ethereum Foundation Blog
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Oluwapelumi Adejumo • Aug 16, 2026
Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Ian Allison • Aug 15, 2026
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Liam 'Akiba' Wright • Aug 15, 2026
Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Gino Matos • Aug 14, 2026
Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Published by Decrypt
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Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Oluwapelumi Adejumo • Aug 13, 2026
Published by CRYPTOSLATE
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Jason Nelson • Aug 13, 2026
Published by Decrypt
Russia picks Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT for public trading as retail faces $58,000 cap
Liam 'Akiba' Wright • Aug 12, 2026
Published by CRYPTOSLATE
Fidelity Files to Let Its Ethereum ETF Stake and Pay Investors
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Published by Decrypt
ETH Devs Spark Debate on Reducing Issuance
Unknown Author • Aug 12, 2026
Published by Trustnodes
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Published by be[in]crypto
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Published by Decrypt
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