Ethereum Community Gears up for the Long-Awaited London Fork Set to Go Live o...

Ethereum Community Gears up for the Long-Awaited London Fork Set to Go Live o...

The Ethereum community has been gearing up for the highly anticipated London Network Upgrade which should take place on August 5 around 9:00 a.m. (EDT). Node operators have been asked to upgrade their nodes as soon as possible, as the upgrade is scheduled to take place at block height 12,965,000. Ethereum Set to Fork on Thursday, Blockchain Will See 5 Improvements According to the countdown clock hosted on etherscan.io, the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain will be upgraded in the near future, on or around Thursday afternoon. Previously, Bitcoin.com News reported on the London upgrade on July 9,....


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