The Ethereum community will probably 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 on account of variable block occasions and timezones.
Please improve your node earlier than Wednesday, December 30, 2019 to account for the variable block occasions
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 possibly can monitor the community improve in actual time at http://forkmon.ethdevops.io/ (it is going to 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 akin to Istanbul, Costantinople, and Spurious Dragon.
As an Ethereum consumer or ether holder is there something I must do?
In case you use an trade (akin to Coinbase, Kraken, or Binance), an online pockets service (akin to Metamask, MyCrypto, or MyEtherWallet), a cell pockets service (akin to Coinbase Pockets, Standing.im, or Belief Pockets), or a {hardware} pockets (akin to Ledger, Trezor, or KeepKey) you do not want to do something until you might be knowledgeable to take further steps by your trade or pockets service.
As a node operator or miner, what do I must do?
Obtain the most recent model of your Ethereum consumer:
NOTE: Concord (ethereumJ) is now a deprecated consumer and won’t be supporting Istanbul. Besu is a mainnet appropriate 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 adjustments are going into the improve. You’ll find that weblog put up here.
Thank You!
A giant due to the Ethereum group and to all Ethereum builders throughout all shoppers and platforms who got here collectively to supply enter, ideas, and contribution.
DISCLAIMER: That is an emergent and evolving extremely technical area. In case you select to implement the suggestions on this put up and proceed to take part, you must be sure to perceive the way it impacts you. You need to perceive that there are dangers concerned together with however not restricted to dangers like surprising bugs. By selecting to implement these suggestions, you alone assume the dangers of the results. This put up and suggestions should not a sale of any type and don’t create any warranties of any type together with however not restricted to any regarding the Ethereum community or the Ethereum shoppers referred to herein.
