Ethereum Developers Postpone Pectra Upgrade Following Buggy Tests
After two buggy tests, Ethereum’s developers have decided to spend a bit more time collecting data on the highly-anticipated Pectra upgrade.
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Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Goes Live on ‘Holesky’ Testnet, But Fails to Finalize
The upgrade was pushed out on Monday, but it wasn’t entirely clear why the test network was not finalizing.
Ethereum ‘Roll Back’ Suggestion Has Sparked Criticism. Here’s Why It Won’t Happen
Call for “roll back” by some, to negate Bybit hack, immediately provoked a fierce reaction from the Ethereum community, which was firm in its belief that it wouldn’t happen.
Cardano’s Plomin Hard Fork Goes Live, Ushering in On-Chain Governance
Plomin comes just four months after Cardano’s Chang hard fork, which put many of the mechanisms in place for Wednesday’s upgrade.
Cardano Will Transition to Full Decentralized Governance After Wednesday’s Hard Fork, Cardano Foundation Says
A hard fork is a non-backwards compatible change to the blockchain’s programming.
Avalanche Unveils $40M Grant Program Ahead of ‘Avalanche9000’ Upgrade
The program, called Retro9000, is supposed to encourage developers to build on Avalanche ahead of a much-anticipated upgrade known as Avalanche9000.
Ethereum Developers Confirm Plan to Split ‘Pectra’ Upgrade In Two
The decision to split up the upgrade wasn’t unexpected. Developers had been discussing previously that Pectra was becoming too ambitious to ship all at once, and expressed desires to split it in order to minimize the risk of finding bugs in the code.
Cardano’s Chang Hard Fork Goes Live, Introducing On-Chain Governance
The highly anticipated upgrade markes the ecosystem’s long-planned shift towards decentralized governance.
Ethereum Set for Overhaul of Crucial Programming Standard With ‘EVM Object Format’
The EOF proposal is a series of smaller EIPs that include measures aimed at updating and improving the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), the programming environment that executes smart contracts on the blockchain, and arguably Ethereum’s secret sauce that made it different from Bitcoin and other early distributed networks at the time it launched in 2015.
Ethereum Developers Set Timeline for Final ‘Dencun’ Testnet Upgrades
Developers will run through Dencun on the Sepolia and Holesky testnets on Jan. 30 and Feb. 7.