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If the Ethereum user chooses to implement the hard fork of Constantinople by upgrading the software, all feature updates will not take effect until the 7,080,000 block is mined.
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According to the Planet Daily, the Ethereum open source development team has reached an agreement on the activation time of Constantinople, which aims to provide community users with more and updated blockchain functions.
At the Ethereum Core Developers Conference held this Friday (December 7th), the developers finally decided to use the 7,080,000 block on the Ethereum blockchain as a hard-fork activation point, from which users can choose Upgrade to the new code. If it's hard to understand, it's simply that if the Ethereum user chooses to implement the hard fork of Constantinople by upgrading the software, all feature updates will not take effect until the 7,080,000 block is mined.
Afri Schoedon, head of customer product release for Ethereum wallet development company Parity Ethereum, said that the 7,080,000 block was identified as a hard fork activation point for Constantinople, meaning Constantinople hard The fork may not be online until January 14-18, 2019, as this new block number will only be introduced to the Ethereum platform in the next batch of software upgrades.
In addition, Martin Holst Swende, Ethereum Foundation and “go-ethereum” security chief, revealed any unexpected problems in order to ensure a hard fork upgrade in Constantinople. They have released an upgraded version of the "go-ethereum" software that includes an "emergency switch" feature that allows users to delay upgrades in the event of an anomaly.
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Initially, the hard fork time is scheduled for November this year, and Ethereum developers hope to improve blockchain efficiency by simplifying platform code design. In addition, Ethereum also tried to delay the implementation of the so-called “difficult bomb” by 18 months – in fact, the Difficulty Bomb agreement was born shortly after the birth of Ethereum, making the mining difficulty more and more difficult over time. high. In the "Constantinople" version, Ethereum's consensus algorithm will be transformed from Workload Certification (PoW) to Workload Certification and Probability Certification (PoS) hybrid consensus algorithm to improve the efficiency of the entire Ethereum blockchain. , reduce costs, and eventually transition to the fourth phase of the pure equity certification consensus algorithm. Not only that, but the hard fork upgrade of Constantinople also plans to reduce the Ether Mining award from 3 ETHs per block to 2 ETHs.
At the latest Ethereum development conference, the developers also discussed ProgPoW, which aims to improve the Ethereum's basic workload proof algorithm, which will prevent the use of ASIC-specific mining hardware devices from the network. While the ProgPoW implementation is progressing well, developers have not yet decided whether to include this algorithm in any proposed software upgrade. Martin Holst Steinfeld said:
"We should have the choice first and then make a decision."
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It is worth mentioning that at this meeting, the developers also discussed ethereum 1x – this is another upgrade proposed in 2019. Several Ethereum development working groups have explained the progress of the project. But stressed that the project is in the early stages.
Hudson Jameson, chief communications officer of the Ethereum Foundation, said:
“Like we are currently discussing the work done by other Ethereum working groups, Ethereum has not yet decided whether to implement the ProgPoW consensus algorithm against ASIC mining machines, and it is not certain that it will invest in this matter.”
Hudson Jameson also said that after discussions on social media, the subsequent Ethereum 1x upgrade route meeting will be open - this is in stark contrast to the previous Ethereum "closed meeting", the previous Ethereum meeting There has never been a record, just a record of the meeting after the meeting is completed according to the Chatham House Rules. Hudson Jameson finally said:
"From now on, we have to hold a public meeting."
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