HARD FORK

A rule change in the validation process that makes the blocks validated according to the new rules incompatible and invalid. All nodes will need to upgrade their software to work with the new rules.

Vitalik Buterin Proposes a Quantum-Resistant Hard Fork for Ethereum
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Vitalik Buterin Proposes a Quantum-Resistant Hard Fork for Ethereum

Vitalik Buterin proposes a hard fork strategy for Ethereum to protect funds against quantum computer attacks, sparking a community-wide discussion on quantum security.

Binance Supports Optimism (OP) Network Upgrade and Hard Fork
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Binance Supports Optimism (OP) Network Upgrade and Hard Fork

Binance confirms support for Optimism (OP) network's upgrade and hard fork on January 12, 2024, enhancing Ethereum's Layer 2 scalability and efficiency.

Binance Completes BNB Smart Chain Upgrade and Hard Fork: What You Need to Know
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Binance Completes BNB Smart Chain Upgrade and Hard Fork: What You Need to Know

Binance has completed a critical upgrade and hard fork for its BNB Smart Chain, allowing deposits and withdrawals to resume. The upgrade temporarily suspended transactions, signaling a return to normalcy for the platform.

ETH Price Surpasses $2,000 Despite New Supply After Shapella Update
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ETH Price Surpasses $2,000 Despite New Supply After Shapella Update

Despite concerns of a potential dump due to a new supply of Ether hitting the markets after the Shapella update, the price of ETH has surpassed $2,000 and maintains the level. Only around 1% of staked ETH may hit the market after Shapella, according to crypto analytics firm Glassnode. Crypto exchanges have expressed support for ETH unstaking.

Reversing Censorship on Ethereum
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Reversing Censorship on Ethereum

Ethereum presently has 47% OFAC-compliant blocks, the lowest since Oct 11.

Do Kwon Suggests Terra Hard Fork to Revive Troubled Network
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Do Kwon Suggests Terra Hard Fork to Revive Troubled Network

Do Kwon, the CEO of Terraform Labs, believes hard forking the Terra blockchain will play an instrumental role in saving the troubled network.

Anticipation for Cardano’s Mary Upgrade Grows as It Is Hours from Launching – Here’s What You Need to Know
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Anticipation for Cardano’s Mary Upgrade Grows as It Is Hours from Launching – Here’s What You Need to Know

Cardano’s blockchain upgrade, dubbed Mary, is set to go live today at 21:44 UTC.

Cardano’s Allegra Hard Fork Scheduled for Next Week, Node Release 1.24.2 Successfully Deployed
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Cardano’s Allegra Hard Fork Scheduled for Next Week, Node Release 1.24.2 Successfully Deployed

The next Cardano protocol update, which includes the hard fork combinator (HFC) event Allegra, will take place on Dec. 16.

Unannounced Ethereum Hard Fork: Binance ETH Withdrawals Temporarily Halted
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Unannounced Ethereum Hard Fork: Binance ETH Withdrawals Temporarily Halted

Ethereum’s network has suffered a hard fork, as there were irregularities on infrastructure providers Infura and Blockchair.

Cardano’s Project Catalyst: Building a Decentralized Financial System to Remove "Top-Down" Governance
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Cardano’s Project Catalyst: Building a Decentralized Financial System to Remove "Top-Down" Governance

In order to fulfill the final components for Cardano’s Voltaire, including its evolution into a self-sustainable blockchain, IOHK introduced a new experimental treasury system combining proposal and voting procedures — Project Catalyst.

Cardano’s Stake Pools Reached 700 Just Five Days after Successful Shelley Hard Fork
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Cardano’s Stake Pools Reached 700 Just Five Days after Successful Shelley Hard Fork

Cardano’s Shelley hard fork was successfully launched on July 29, and within 8 hours, 267 stake pools have already registered. The Shelley hard fork took Cardano’s network into its second phase of development, succeeding the Byron era. The Shelley update enables Cardano to become more decentralized and autonomous.

Cardano’s Shelley Hard Fork Successful, Network on its Way to Become the World’s Financial Operating System
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Cardano’s Shelley Hard Fork Successful, Network on its Way to Become the World’s Financial Operating System

Cardano’s second developmental phase, Shelley has been successfully launched, the hard fork was successful in transforming Cardano into the Shelley era from Byron.The hard fork took Cardano from its Byron era to Shelley, to enable the network to become more decentralized and autonomous.

Cardano’s Shelley Hard Fork Has Crossed the Threshold of No Return, Plans for Goguen in October
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Cardano’s Shelley Hard Fork Has Crossed the Threshold of No Return, Plans for Goguen in October

Cardano’s Shelley hard fork has crossed the threshold of no return, where the system will automatically upgrade at the end of the current epoch, on July 29. IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson announced in a live stream on YouTube: “The hard fork is a go, and we’re marching towards it. The Shelley era will begin on Wednesday.”

Cardano’s Shelley Hard Fork Countdown Has Begun, Tests Have Been Positive So Far
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Cardano’s Shelley Hard Fork Countdown Has Begun, Tests Have Been Positive So Far

Cardano founder Charles Hoskison announced today that IOHK’s Director of DevOps Samuel Leathers has initiated the update proposal for Cardano’s Shelley hard fork. The countdown for the long-awaited Shelley hard fork on Cardano’s main network has begun and will take five days, as scheduled on July 29.

Cardano to Launch ERC-20 Converter and Cross-Chain Communication for Interoperability Between Networks Including Bitcoin
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Cardano to Launch ERC-20 Converter and Cross-Chain Communication for Interoperability Between Networks Including Bitcoin

Cardano founder and IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson recently announced in his YouTube video that the current roadmap for the Shelley hard fork will be going according to plan, scheduled on July 29, 2020.