EIP-4844 (protodanksharding) is on the rise. With its development, memes, and community support, it's anticipated as the next big upgrade to Ethereum. But what is it really? In a nutshell, it's a new transaction type that makes it easy to write cheap but ephemeral data on L1. The data, represented as blobs, relies on some nifty new cryptography to ensure that it is available long enough for L2 use. There are plenty of resources on that topic. Here, we’ll cover the overall effort to push EIP-4844.