The Ethereum community might 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 attributable to variable block instances and timezones.
Please improve your node earlier than Wednesday, December 30, 2019 to account for the variable block instances
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 akin to Istanbul, Costantinople, and Spurious Dragon.
As an Ethereum person or ether holder is there something I have to do?
If you happen to use an trade (akin to Coinbase, Kraken, or Binance), an online pockets service (akin to Metamask, MyCrypto, or MyEtherWallet), a cell pockets service (akin to Coinbase Pockets, Standing.im, or Belief Pockets), or a {hardware} pockets (akin to Ledger, Trezor, or KeepKey) you do not want to do something except you’re knowledgeable to take further steps by your trade or pockets service.
As a node operator or miner, what do I have to do?
Obtain the most recent model of your Ethereum consumer:
NOTE: Concord (ethereumJ) is now a deprecated consumer and won’t be supporting Istanbul. Besu is a mainnet appropriate Ethereum consumer written in Java.
The place can I be taught extra about this improve?
The Ethereum Cat Herders have put collectively a weblog publish which outlines why we’re upgrading the community and what modifications are going into the improve. You will discover that weblog publish here.
Thank You!
An enormous because of 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 house. If you happen to select to implement the suggestions on this publish and proceed to take part, you need to be sure to perceive the way it impacts you. You must perceive that there are dangers concerned together with however not restricted to dangers like surprising bugs. By selecting to implement these suggestions, you alone assume the dangers of the results. This publish and suggestions should not a sale of any variety and don’t create any warranties of any variety together with however not restricted to any referring to the Ethereum community or the Ethereum purchasers referred to herein.
