Fans and investors of Ethereum (ETH) have something to look forward to as we head into the Holiday season. This is due to the fact that during an Ethereum core developer meeting held this past Friday, a new timeline was proposed to implement the Constantinople upgrade.
In the minutes of the meeting currently available on GitHub, two dates were suggested in January 2019. The first one was the 16th January and the second was the 12th.
January 16th Date
Many of the core-developers agreed that the hard fork should happen in mid-January after the Holiday season. January 16th was the date prefered most by the Ethereum core developers. One core developer had this to say about the timeline
Market Reaction and the Future of ETH
With the announcement of a possible date for the Constantinople hard fork, investors and traders can once again get excited about ETH in the markets. Ethereum is currently trading at $211 and down less than a percentage point in the last 24 hours. As more investors get wind of the possibility of an early 2019 upgrade, we could see an increase in value for the King of Smart Contracts: also known as Ethereu