The Major Ethereum Change Explained: All About The ‘London Hard Fork’
The world’s second largest cryptocurrency, Ethereum (ETH), has just launched what may be their most impactful update yet. Consisting of five different components referred to as Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), the update aims mostly to change how transaction fees work. The ‘London Hard Fork,’ also known as EIP-1559, is the eleventh fork to occur on […]
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According to a blog post on the Ethereum Foundation’s website, three Ethereum testnets leveraging the London hard fork will go live during the next few weeks. Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko explained last Friday that the “upgrade will first go live on Ropsten, at block 10499401, which is expected to happen around June 24, 2021.” London Upgrade Begins to Root With Testnet Implementations Slated to Launch Three Ethereum testnets will see the London upgrade applied in the near future which shows progress is being made toward implementing the new features. Essentially, the....
On-chain data shows Ethereum supply is barely changing anymore following the London hard fork. This means ETH is becoming a scarce asset now. Following London Fork, Ethereum Supply Rate Of Change Drops To Nearly Zero As pointed out by a CryptoQuant post, ETH’s supply curve has nearly flattened now as rate of change drops to almost zero. This has made the asset scarce. The Ethereum supply indicator tells us about the total amount of ETH that’s currently in circulation. As miners receive a block reward (in ETH) for mining blocks, this total supply increases with time. A related....
The London hard fork sets Ethereum up for a new era as ETH price continues to make gains alongside a positive community reaction. The London hard fork of Ethereum, which went live on Aug. 5, ushered in a new era for the transition to Ethereum 2.0, a complete proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. In fact, the London upgrade is the penultimate step on the way to the final transition to PoS scheduled sometime in 2022. The upgrade got triggered almost on time at 12:33 pm UTC at the block height of 12,965,000.Along with the highly anticipated Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) 1559, this upgrade....