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Ethereum Developers Lock in May 7 for Pectra Upgrade

The decision to schedule Pectra was made just over a week after the upgrade went live on the Hoodi testnet without any hiccups.

The latest Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, is partly named after Electra, one of the "seven sisters" in the star constellation known as Pleiades (Wikipedia)

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Ethereum Developers Postpone Pectra Upgrade Following Buggy Tests

After two buggy tests, Ethereum's developers have decided to spend a bit more time collecting data on the highly-anticipated Pectra upgrade.

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Ethereum’s ‘Pectra’ Upgrade Moves Closer to Mainnet After Sepolia Test

The upgrade, which introduces smart contract capabilities for wallets and increases validator stake limits, is nearing deployment.

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The Protocol: Ethereum’s Pectra Goes Live on Testnet

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Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade Goes Live on ‘Holesky’ Testnet, but Fails to Finalize

The upgrade was pushed out on Monday, but it wasn't entirely clear why the test network was not finalizing.

The latest Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, is partly named after Electra, one of the "seven sisters" in the star constellation known as Pleiades, shown in an artistic rendering here inside the ring of circles. (Wikipedia)

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Cardano’s Plomin Hard Fork Goes Live, Ushering in On-Chain Governance

Plomin comes just four months after Cardano’s Chang hard fork, which put many of the mechanisms in place for Wednesday’s upgrade.

Charles Hoskinson, CEO and founder of IOHK, the lead developer of Cardano.

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Ethereum Developers Finally Schedule ‘Pectra’ Upgrade

Pectra is a "hard fork" of Ethereum encompassing an array of wallet, staking, and efficiency improvements.

The latest Ethereum upgrade, Pectra, is partly named after Electra, one of the "seven sisters" in the star constellation known as Pleiades (Wikipedia)

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Avalanche Blockchain's Largest-Ever Upgrade Goes Live on Testnet

Avalanche9000 is meant to cut the cost of sending transactions and running validators, making it easier to build apps on the network, crypto's eighth-largest.

Emin Gün Sirer (CoinDesk archives)

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Ethereum Layer-2 Teams Welcome Proposal to Overhaul Blockchain

Far from making zero-knowledge rollups obsolete, the Beam Chain would make them work better, says Polygon. zkSync builder Matter Labs is also bullish.

Ethereum itself is made up of several layers. (Annie Spratt/Unsplash)

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Avalanche Unveils $40M Grant Program Ahead of 'Avalanche9000' Upgrade

The program, called Retro9000, is supposed to encourage developers to build on Avalanche ahead of a much-anticipated upgrade known as Avalanche9000.

Ava Labs CEO Emin Gün Sirer (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)

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