The Ethereum hard fork to upgrade the network is now scheduled for October 17th. On August 14th, the Ethereum

Key Highlights :

1. Ethereum developers are setting a target date for the Shanghai hard fork of April 12.

2. Once the date is voted on and confirmed, the Shanghai upgrade will go into effect.

3. Validators who joined Ethereum’s PoS blockchain before will be able to decide after April 12 what to do with their stake.

4. Ethereum developers are confident that staked ETH withdrawals will function properly on the mainnet too.

The Shanghai hard fork is coming, and it's expected to go smoothly.

Ethereum developers set a target date of April 12 for its long-awaited Shanghai hard fork during the All Core Developers Execution Layer #157 call Thursday. The Shanghai upgrade, more accurately called "Shapella ," marks the completion of Ethereum’s full transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) network, and will enable staked ETH withdrawals. Once the date is voted on by developers and confirmed via GitHub, epoch 620,9536, occurring on or around April 12, will be set in stone for the Shanghai upgrade. This means that Shanghai will be slightly delayed from the developers initial target for this month.

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