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Ethereum’s Pectra fork adds dynamic blob fees to to improve L2 scaling
18.10.2024
A proposal to change the blob gas target and max values on Ethereum comes seven months after blobs were introduced in the blockchain’s Dencun upgrade in March
Ethereum Devs Poised to Split Blockchain's Next Big Upgrade, 'Pectra,' in Two
18.9.2024
On Thursday, Ethereum developers will decide if Pectra will be split into two forks. If developers agree on the split, the first package could come in 2025, as early as February
The Protocol: EIGEN Riches Tempt Ethereum Devs, Even as ETF Approval Nears
22.5.2024
There's been tension among members of the Ethereum developer community – even though the ETH price is mooning due to growing anticipation that U.S. regulators might give the green light to spot ether ETFs
Ethereum Devs Put Forth ERC-7512 Standard to Represent Audit Reports On-Chain
21.9.2023
Ethereum (ETH) developers have introduced a new smart contract standard, ERC-7512, aimed at enhancing transparency and accessibility to smart contract audits for decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols.
The proposal was posted on the Ethereum Magicians forum by Richard Meissner, co-founder of Safe...
Ethereum devs set date for Shapella fork and mainnet announcement
30.3.2023
Ethereum Foundation’s support team has published an official blog post to announce a major update for Shapella. The 157th AllCoreDevs Execution Layer meeting was held recently, and it has been decided that the mainnet update will go live on April 12, 2023, at 22:27:35 UTC. That is when the epoch...
‘Withdrawals are coming!’ — Ethereum devs confirm epoch for Shapella fork
29.3.2023
Shapella will take effect at epoch 194,048, which is scheduled for 10:27:35pm UTC on April 12
Ethereum devs confirm the postponement of the Shanghai upgrade
3.3.2023
Users have been eagerly waiting for Ethereum’s Shanghai upgrade that will allow withdrawals of ETH Staking. However, it was announced this week by the core developers of ETH over a call that the upgrade has been pushed to April and will most likely take place in the initial weeks of the month....
Shanghai + Capella = 'Shapella': How Ethereum Devs Now Refer to Upcoming Upgrade
2.3.2023
While technically the Shanghai Upgrade is only on the execution side, Capella is the simultaneous upgrade happening on the consensus side. Hence the merging of the two names to “Shapella”
Today in Crypto: ‘Fundamental Clash Between Regulations and Crypto’, Ethereum Devs Patch Testnet Bug, Bank of Japan Set to Launch CBDC Pilot in April
17.2.2023
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Ethereum devs create 'shadow fork' to test conditions for Ether withdrawals
23.1.2023
Developers are attempting to attack the forked testnet with malicious nodes to see if they can find vulnerabilities
Ethereum’s Shanghai Hard Fork Could Happen in March 2023, ETH Dev Says Staking Withdrawals Is the ‘Highest Priority’
9.12.2022
According to a recent Ethereum Core development meeting on Dec. 8, developers disclosed that the next Ethereum hard fork, called Shanghai, could be implemented by March 2023. It’s been suggested that the Shanghai hard fork will be able to manage the network’s staked ethereum...
Web3 devs ‘more active than ever’ amid crypto winter: Report
14.10.2022
Consecutive all-time-high smart contract deployments and surging usage of Web3 script libraries mean that Web3 devs are still busy working despite the prolonged market downturn
Ethereum Devs Successfully Complete Merge Shadow Fork With No ‘Client Incompatibility Issues’
10.9.2022
Next week or roughly around four days from now, The Merge is expected to be implemented and Ethereum will transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS). According to Ethereum developers, prior to the Paris upgrade, programmers successfully completed the 13th and last shadow fork....
ETH PoS Upgrade to Transition on September 15 to 16 — Ethereum Devs Reveal ‘Tentative Mainnet TTD’ for The Merge
11.8.2022
Following the successful implementation of The Merge into Ethereum’s Goerli testnet, Ethereum developers confirmed during a Consensus Layer Call livestream that the highly anticipated proof-of-stake (PoS) upgrade is coming this next month on or around September 15th to the 16th. After...
Ethereum devs confirm the perpetual date for The Merge
15.7.2022
Ethereum’s transition journey from PoW to PoS journey could take up to years as it began with the launch of Beacon Chain in December 2020 and has seen several delays on the way
Ethereum Devs Delay Difficulty Bomb — ETH 2.0 Contract Surpasses 13 Million Ether Deposits
9.7.2022
On June 30, Ethereum developers delayed the network’s difficulty bomb via the Gray Glacier update, which means The Merge won’t happen at least until September 2022. Meanwhile, there’s now more than 13 million ethereum locked into the Beacon Chain worth $15.8 billion using...
Ethereum devs tip The Merge will occur in August ‘if everything goes to plan’
20.5.2022
Core Ethereum developer Preston Van Loon says that the network's long-awaited transition to proof-of-stake will most likely happen this August
US Charges Ethereum Dev’s Conspirators Allegedly Helping North Korea Evade Sanctions Using Crypto
26.4.2022
Two European citizens have been charged for conspiring with Ethereum developer Virgil Griffith to help North Korea evade U.S. sanctions using cryptocurrency, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced. They conspired “to teach and advise members of the North Korean government on cutting-edge...
Ethereum Devs Call Mainnet Shadow Fork a 'Huge Success', Propose Fixes for Bugs
12.4.2022
Ethereum (ETH) developers have described the first-ever shadow fork, designed to stress-test developers' assumptions on existing testnets and the mainnet, as successful. While several bugs and issues were found, the devs were quick to propose fixes.
"The mainnet shadow fork was a huge success,"...
Ethereum Devs Implement Merge Testnet Kiln, Testing Ground Expected to Be the Last Before PoS Transition
17.3.2022
After implementing the merge testnet Kiln, Ethereum is seemingly getting closer to transitioning to a full proof-of-stake (PoS) network. According to developers Kiln’s execution layer was initially launched leveraging proof-of-work (PoW) and since March 15, Kiln is running entirely under...