Shanghai Upgrade Pushed to Early April Following Latest Ethereum Core Developers Meeting
The Ethereum community may have to wait longer for the Shanghai upgrade after the core developers’ bi-weekly meeting, Execution Layer Meeting 156, ended with a decision to have the hard fork run on the Goerli test network by March 14 and the final deployment somewhere in April.
ETHDenver Looks Cringey to You Because Ethereum Has an Actual Community
This weekend marks the culmination of ETHDenver, probably the most important annual gathering for smart contract and DeFi [decentralized finance] developers right now, on Ethereum and beyond. I wish I could be there this year, but frankly I’m still recovering from a pretty intense four months of making cool things and exposing bad guys.
Flashbots Open-Sources Privacy-Enhanced Block Builder on Ethereum Testnet Sepolia
Flashbots, an Ethereum R&D firm, has open-sourced a new block builder operating in a trusted environment, in this case a private mempool, on Ethereum’s Sepolia testnet, according to a press release shared exclusively with CoinDesk.
ConsenSys Announces Public Testing of ZK-Rollup Network Compatible With Ethereum
Blockchain development firm ConsenSys will begin a public test of a zkEVM rollup network compatible with Ethereum on Mar. 28.
Massive ETH Dump By Whales As Developers Reveal Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade Date
After the massive crypto market selloff today, whales sold Ethereum in millions to crypto exchanges as Ethereum core developers set the Shanghai upgrade in early April. Core developers and clients also decided the date for the Goerli testnet upgrade.
Ethereum [ETH] Nosedives As Shanghai Upgrade Gets Pushed to April
The much-anticipated Shanghai Upgrade that would enable the withdrawal of staked Ethereum [ETH] has been pushed to the second week of April, as decided during the network’s core developers’ call.
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Afternoon version
Ethereum Core Developers Push Shanghai Upgrade to Early April
Ethereum developers have pushed back the highly-anticipated Shanghai hard fork by approximately two weeks. Initially estimated for late March, the Shanghai upgrade will now likely be deployed sometime within the first two weeks of April. The delay was announced at an Ethereum developer meeting on Mar. 2. During the meeting, core developers came to the consensus that the hard fork would occur about a fortnight after the Goerli testnet launch, which has been slated for Mar. 14. The Goerli testnet will be the final dress rehearsal for the Shanghai hard fork before it is rolled out on the mainnet. (Cointelegraph)
Ethereum’s Largest Whales Quietly Accumulated $ETH to Seven-Year Record
The largest whales on the Ethereum ($ETH) network, meaning the largest addresses by cryptocurrency holdings that do not belong to cryptocurrency trading platforms, have been quietly accumulating Ether this year, to the point their holdings hit more than 25 million tokens.
Ethereum Developers Target March 14 Date for Shanghai Upgrade on Goerli Testnet
Ethereum developers are targeting March 14 for the Goerli test network (testnet) to run through the Shanghai upgrade, the much-anticipated move to enable withdrawals of staked ether (ETH) from the blockchain.
