Ethereum (ETH) Faces Minor Hard Fork to Stop Difficulty Creep
Ethereum (ETH) Faces Minor Hard Fork to Stop Difficulty Creep
The approach of (ETH) to upgrade its system over a series of steps is starting to weigh down on its ecosystem, as projects complained of broken smart contracts. But the general idea of regular hard forks is becoming even more worrying.
The noise around the Istanbul hard fork, which saw nodes update at the very last moment, missed one crucial point. The Ethereum network still sees its difficulty creep up, making miners work much harder.
Social media comments on the omission add to a worsening image for Ethereum:
https://twitter.com/udiWertheimer/status/1206684810443460608
Following the difficulty creep, the Ethereum network hashra…
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Source: investing.com
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