Blockchains

Older nodes can accept soft-fork blocks without understanding every new rule. A hard fork requires upgraded software to follow the changed network, but does not automatically create another coin.

The Ethereum co-founder backs keeping EIP-1559 but argues that maximizing fees could price out users and undermine decentralization.

Denim replaced block previews with complete blocks every 200 milliseconds, requiring developers to change subscriptions and review pending-state reads.

Bitget Wallet has integrated Elysium, a new Layer 2 network built by Hyperliquid ecosystem protocol Kinetiq, at its mainnet launch, giving users token tracking, asset transfers, DEX trading and third-party cross-chain bridging from day one.

Custodians would need new offline-signing flows, with replacement programs introducing different rules for failed transactions.

Transactions rose far less than addresses, while user-paid fees stayed close to their preceding seven-day median.

The Foundation will pause xGov grants on Dec. 6 and shelve Project King Safety, while maintaining bonus staking support through January 2028.

Agave 4.4.1 changes how loader-v3 program data counts toward transaction limits, ahead of a planned Nov. 6 cutoff for unpatched nodes.

The Ethereum Economic Zone ran three demonstrations at Devcon in Mumbai. Rollup X is a devnet whose batches are attested by a designated signer rather than proven.

About 12,224 ZEC remained in the legacy shielded pool ahead of the cutoff. NU7 will also reduce target block spacing from 75 seconds to 25 seconds.