News with the tag "hard fork"

After two buggy test runs of Pectra, Ethereum's biggest upgrade since 2024, the network's developers decided on Thursday to postpone the upgrade pending further tests. Pectra, which was planned as Ethereum faced mounting pressure to compete with other blockchains, contains a slate of upgrades design...

Ethereum’s most ambitious upgrade since its transition to proof-of-stake faced bugs on two major testnets, but developers fixed both. After difficulties on Holesky, Ethereum’s ( ETH ) Pectra update encountered more roadblocks on Sepolia’s testnet. Tim Beiko, Protocol Support Lead at the Ethereum Fou...

Ethereum’s long-awaited Pectra upgrade took a major step forward early Wednesday with its successful deployment on the Sepolia test network. The biggest upgrade to Ethereum since 2024, Pectra consists of 11 major features , or "Ethereum improvement proposals" (EIPs), that will be shipped all at once...

Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade went live on the Holesky testnet on Monday but failed to finalize in the expected time. Pectra was activated on the Holesky testnet at 21:55 UTC (4:55 p.m. ET), but did not initially finalize according to blockchain data . Finality is the state in which, once a transaction ...

On Friday, cryptocurrency exchange Bybit was allegedly hacked by North Korea’s Lazarus group , which drained nearly $1.4 billion in ether (ETH) from the exchange. Following the hack, Arthur Hayes, BitMEX co-founder and claiming to be a major ether (ETH) holder, wrote a post on X to Ethereum co-found...

Binance-backed BNB Smart Chain is set to undergo the Pascal hard fork, bringing key features from Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade. BNB Smart Chain, the smart contract platform within the BNB Chain ecosystem, is prepping for a major update that borrows features straight from Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade to bo...

Exciting news for the BNB Smart Chain (BSC) community! Get ready for a significant leap forward as BSC prepares for the Pascal hard fork. This isn’t just a routine update; it’s a strategic move to supercharge BSC’s interoperability with Ethereum, the leading smart contract platform. If you’re invest...

On Feb. 13, 2025, Ethereum Core Developer Tim Beiko published a summary of the All Core Developers Execution (ACDE) call #205, confirming client software releases for the Pectra upgrade’s deployment on the Holesky and Sepolia testnets. ACDE Call Outlines Pectra Roadmap, EIP Updates, and Next Hard Fo...

In the world of cryptocurrency, airdrops and hard forks are common. Though in distinct ways, they both introduce new currency. Investors and users can manage changes in blockchain networks more easily if they understand these ideas. What Is a Hard Fork? A hard fork occurs when a blockchain splits in...

Cardano, the layer-1 blockchain launched in 2017 by Ethereum co-founder Charles Hoskinson, activated its highly anticipated “Plomin” upgrade on Wednesday, ushering in the ecosystem's long-awaited move towards a decentralized governance system. With the Plomin upgrade now live, ADA token holders will...