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 because 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’ll be able to monitor the community improve in actual time at http://forkmon.ethdevops.io/ (will probably 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 resembling Istanbul, Costantinople, and Spurious Dragon.
As an Ethereum consumer or ether holder is there something I must do?
When you use an trade (resembling Coinbase, Kraken, or Binance), an internet pockets service (resembling Metamask, MyCrypto, or MyEtherWallet), a cellular pockets service (resembling Coinbase Pockets, Standing.im, or Belief Pockets), or a {hardware} pockets (resembling Ledger, Trezor, or KeepKey) you don’t want to do something except you might be knowledgeable to take extra steps by your trade or pockets service.
As a node operator or miner, what do I must do?
Obtain the newest 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 publish which outlines why we’re upgrading the community and what adjustments are going into the improve. You will discover that weblog publish here.
Thank You!
A giant 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. When you select to implement the suggestions on this publish and proceed to take part, you must ensure you perceive the way it impacts you. It’s best to 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 aren’t a sale of any variety and don’t create any warranties of any variety together with however not restricted to any regarding the Ethereum community or the Ethereum purchasers referred to herein.
