{"id":8879,"date":"2025-02-22T18:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/?p=8879"},"modified":"2025-02-22T18:08:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:08:20","slug":"ethereums-latest-hard-fork-what-it-means-for-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/ethereums-latest-hard-fork-what-it-means-for-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Ethereum&#8217;s Latest Hard Fork: What It Means for the Future&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">We would like to commend the Ethereum community on the successful execution of a hard fork. <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"http:\/\/etherscan.io\/block\/1920000\">Block 1920000<!-- --><\/a> involved the implementation of an atypical state alteration that migrated approximately 12 million ETH from the &#8220;Dark DAO&#8221; and &#8220;Whitehat DAO&#8221; contracts into the <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/address\/0xbf4ed7b27f1d666546e30d74d50d173d20bca754\">WithdrawDAO recovery contract<!-- --><\/a>. The fork event itself proceeded effectively, with about 85% of miners operating on the fork:<!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\"><a class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/images\/posts\/2016\/07\/the-moment-ethereum-historically-hardforked.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">You can observe the ongoing progress of the fork <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"http:\/\/fork.ethstats.net\/\">here<!-- --><\/a>. <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/ethstats.net\/\">EthStats<!-- --><\/a> indicates that Go, Java, and Parity (Rust) nodes have successfully synchronized with the fork chain.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">The recovery contract is already disbursing ether to DAO token holders; approximately 4.5 million ETH has been directed to DAO token holders, and about 463000 ETH is under the oversight of <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/etherscan.io\/address\/0xda4a4626d3e16e094de3225a751aab7128e96526\">the curator<!-- --><\/a>; a contract designed to manage extrabalance payments is in the process of a security assessment.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">Participants who only wish to engage with the fork chain must upgrade their clients to a fork-compatible version if they haven&#8217;t done so already; the updated Go client (version 1.4.10) is obtainable <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ethereum\/go-ethereum\/releases\/tag\/v1.4.10\">here<!-- --><\/a>. If any participants continue to have an interest in the non-fork chain, they should still perform updates but operate with the <!-- --><span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">&#8211;oppose-dao-fork<\/span> flag activated, while being cautious of <!-- --><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-ug8vf0\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@timonrapp\/how-to-deal-with-the-ethereum-replay-attack-3fd44074a6d8#.ocsfgea7l\">transaction replay attacks<!-- --><\/a> and taking necessary measures to protect against them; users devoid of interest in the non-fork chain need not be concerned about transaction replay attack issues.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">We extend our gratitude to our developers and the community for their collaboration in ensuring a seamless transition, and we anticipate continued cooperation to enhance the Ethereum ecosystem and protocol&#8217;s success.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><br \/>\n<!-- --><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/en\/2016\/07\/20\/hard-fork-completed\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We would like to commend the Ethereum community on the successful execution of a hard fork. Block 1920000 involved the implementation of an atypical state alteration that migrated approximately 12 million ETH from the &#8220;Dark DAO&#8221; and &#8220;Whitehat DAO&#8221; contracts into the WithdrawDAO recovery contract. 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