The Ethereum community shall 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 alter because 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 will likely 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 equivalent to Istanbul, Costantinople, and Spurious Dragon.
As an Ethereum consumer or ether holder is there something I have to do?
If you happen to use an alternate (equivalent to Coinbase, Kraken, or Binance), an internet pockets service (equivalent to Metamask, MyCrypto, or MyEtherWallet), a cellular pockets service (equivalent to Coinbase Pockets, Standing.im, or Belief Pockets), or a {hardware} pockets (equivalent to Ledger, Trezor, or KeepKey) you do not want to do something except you might be knowledgeable to take further steps by your alternate or pockets service.
As a node operator or miner, what do I have to do?
Obtain the newest 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 put up which outlines why we’re upgrading the community and what modifications are going into the improve. You could find that weblog put up right here.
Thank You!
An enormous 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. If you happen to select to implement the suggestions on this put up and proceed to take part, it is best to ensure you perceive the way it impacts you. It is best to perceive that there are dangers concerned together with however not restricted to dangers like sudden bugs. By selecting to implement these suggestions, you alone assume the dangers of the results. This put up and proposals 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 shoppers referred to herein.
