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ForkLog 8 10.03.2025

Ethereum Developers Uncover Interference in Pectra Deployment on Sepolia

Issues with the activation of the Pectra hard fork on March 5 in the Sepolia testnet were exacerbated by the actions of a malefactor, as reported by Ethereum developer Marius Van Der Wijden. I wrote up the story of the Pectra incident on Sepolia, its an interesting story about edge cases, coordination and an attacker […]

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ForkLog 18 25.02.2025

Ethereum’s Pectra Update on Holesky Testnet Faces Setbacks

On February 24th, at epoch 115,968, Ethereum developers activated the Pectra hard fork on the Holesky testnet. As a result, the network ceased finalizing slots. Data: beaconcha.in. According to Parithosh Jayanthi from the Ethereum Foundation, the upgrade “encountered a configuration issue on three major network clients.” Fixes are already prepared, and operators need to update […]

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ForkLog 13 29.01.2025

Plomin Hard Fork to Transition Cardano to Decentralized Governance

On the evening of January 29, the Cardano network will undergo the Plomin upgrade, marking a shift to fully decentralized blockchain governance, according to a statement from the Cardano Foundation. Tonight, Cardano evolves. The Plomin hard fork takes effect, marking the transition to full decentralized governance. $Ada holders gain real voting power—on parameter changes, treasury […]

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ForkLog 13 17.01.2025

Ethereum targets March mainnet activation for Pectra

During the first ACDE call of 2025, Ethereum developers slated activation of the Pectra upgrade on mainnet for early to mid-March. The sizeable upgrade implements a broad slate of EIPs. The proposals include improvements to account abstraction, changes to validator operations, gas fee optimisation and higher network performance. The maximum validator stake is expected to […]

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ForkLog 7 02.09.2024

Cardano’s Chang Hard Fork Ushers in Decentralized Governance Era

The Cardano network successfully executed the Chang hard fork at block #10,764,778. This update marks the beginning of the Conway ledger era and the ecosystem’s transition to decentralized governance. Today’s Chang hard fork marks a major milestone for the Cardano blockchain, ecosystem, and community––fulfilling the promise of a truly self-governing, decentralized network. Welcome to a […]

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ForkLog 49 22.07.2024

Inflation or deflation? How Ethereum’s economy has changed since the Merge hard fork

It is nearly two years since the Merge hard fork replaced Proof-of-Work with Proof-of-Stake on Ethereum. Oleg Cash Coin explains how the economics of the second-largest cryptocurrency have evolved since—and the part institutional investors play. 120,204,432 ETH: where does this figure come from, and what does it mean? On September 15, 2022, Ethereum’s developers activated […]

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ForkLog 12 08.07.2024

Pectra: steering Ethereum toward scale and mass adoption

Ethereum’s scaling challenge has not gone away, but its developers are anything but idle. Only recently the Dencun upgrade went live, dramatically cutting L2 fees. Now an equally ambitious update—Pectra—is in the works, aiming to make the system more flexible, efficient and user-friendly. Pectra combines the Prague and Electra upgrades, designed to expand wallet capabilities […]

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ForkLog 9 20.06.2024

BNB Chain Reduces Fees by 90% with BEP 336 Implementation

On June 20, the BNB Chain ecosystem activated the BEP 336 Haber hard fork, which enabled a 90% reduction in transaction costs for L2 solutions compared to current levels. The update introduces BLOB objects into the network, capable of capturing large volumes of data, up to 128 KB each. Instead of verifying each transaction within […]

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ForkLog 8 18.03.2024

Ethereum Supply Declines Following Dencun Activation

Ethereum’s issuance has dropped to its lowest level since August 2022 following the significant Dencun update activated on March 13. This was reported by CNBC, citing a report from CryptoQuant. According to Ultra Sound Money, the market inflow of ETH over the past 30 days fell to -0.88% compared to an average of -0.25% since […]

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ForkLog 16 13.03.2024

Ethereum Developers Activate Dencun Hard Fork on Mainnet

On March 13, the Ethereum team successfully implemented the Dencun (Deneb-Cancun) upgrade on the mainnet. Dencun went live, we’ve had blobs land in blocks on mainnet .oO ? — timbeiko.eth ☀️ (@TimBeiko) March 13, 2024 A key component of the upgrade is EIP-4844. It includes the Proto-Danksharding option, aimed at scaling the network by creating […]

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ForkLog 15 29.02.2024

Polygon Developers Anticipate Fee Reductions with Ethereum’s Dencun Update

The upcoming Dencun update to the Ethereum mainnet is expected to alleviate the high cost of data availability for rollup networks. This view was expressed by Jordi Baylina, the technical lead of Polygon zkEVM, as reported by The Block. The hard fork activation on the mainnet is expected on March 13. A key component of […]

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ForkLog 20 08.02.2024

Ethereum Developers Set Date for Dencun Upgrade on Mainnet

Ethereum developers have confirmed the deployment date for the Dencun (Deneb-Cancun) upgrade on the mainnet as March 13.

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