The Ethereum community will probably be present process a scheduled improve at block quantity 9,200,000, which is predicted to happen on Wednesday, January 1, 2020. The precise date is topic to vary as a consequence of variable block occasions and timezones.
Please improve your node earlier than Wednesday, December 30, 2019 to account for the variable block occasions
Ethernodes.org has kindly offered Istanbul node statistics and a countdown timer positioned at https://ethernodes.org/muir_glacier. etherscan.io has offered a countdown timer positioned at https://etherscan.io/block/countdown/9200000. You possibly can monitor the community improve in actual time at http://forkmon.ethdevops.io/ (it is going to be up to date shortly earlier than the fork).
What’s Muir Glacier?
Muir Glacier is the identify given to this community improve. Earlier community upgrades have been given different names similar to Istanbul, Costantinople, and Spurious Dragon.
As an Ethereum consumer or ether holder is there something I must do?
For those who use an change (similar to Coinbase, Kraken, or Binance), an internet pockets service (similar to Metamask, MyCrypto, or MyEtherWallet), a cellular pockets service (similar to Coinbase Pockets, Standing.im, or Belief Pockets), or a {hardware} pockets (similar to Ledger, Trezor, or KeepKey) you don’t want to do something until you’re knowledgeable to take extra steps by your change or pockets service.
As a node operator or miner, what do I must do?
Obtain the most recent model of your Ethereum shopper:
NOTE: Concord (ethereumJ) is now a deprecated shopper and won’t be supporting Istanbul. Besu is a mainnet suitable Ethereum shopper written in Java.
The place can I study extra about this improve?
The Ethereum Cat Herders have put collectively a weblog submit which outlines why we’re upgrading the community and what adjustments are going into the improve. You could find that weblog submit here.
Thank You!
An enormous due to the Ethereum neighborhood and to all Ethereum builders throughout all purchasers and platforms who got here collectively to supply enter, ideas, and contribution.
DISCLAIMER: That is an emergent and evolving extremely technical area. For those who select to implement the suggestions on this submit and proceed to take part, you must be sure to perceive the way it impacts you. It is best to perceive that there are dangers concerned together with however not restricted to dangers like sudden bugs. By selecting to implement these suggestions, you alone assume the dangers of the results. This submit and proposals will not be a sale of any sort and don’t create any warranties of any sort together with however not restricted to any referring to the Ethereum community or the Ethereum purchasers referred to herein.
