The launch date of the Istanbul update on the Ethereum network became known

On December 4, the next Ethereum update called Istanbul will be activated at block 9,056,000. Date decisionlaunch was accepted by Ethereum developers on October 25th.

During the meeting, the developers also agreed,that in case of unexpected problems with the software update, the activation of the Istanbul main network may be delayed until January 8th.

During the last Constantinople updateEthereum developers actually had to delay the activation of the update by a month due to a critical vulnerability discovered just 48 hours before the planned rollout. This time they decided to cover possible delays that may arise due to unforeseen circumstances with pre-set dates.

Ethereum Foundation developer Piper Merriam said:

There is nothing right now that could prevent it from launching in the first week of December. For now we're just setting some simple support dates and can change our decision later if necessary.

Coming Ethereum Changes

The code is expected to be updated in December.six incompatible changes. The most controversial of these, known as EIP 1884, will increase computational costs for application developers on the Ethereum blockchain. At the same time, the increased fees will help better protect the $18 billion platform from potential denial-of-service attacks or spam.

Other changes will make additional adjustments.into the work of the Ethereum platform, including code operations that application developers can use to more quickly verify and authenticate blockchain data.