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 as a consequence of 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’ll be able to 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 have to do?
In the event you use an trade (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 except you might be 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 suitable 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’ll find that weblog publish here.
Thank You!
A giant due to the Ethereum neighborhood and to all Ethereum builders throughout all shoppers and platforms who got here collectively to offer enter, ideas, and contribution.
DISCLAIMER: That is an emergent and evolving extremely technical house. In the event you select to implement the suggestions on this publish and proceed to take part, it is best to be sure 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 proposals aren’t 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 shoppers referred to herein.