Ethereum Is Testing Code for Its Next Hard Fork

Ethereum developers are already implementing code for Constantinople, the network's next system-wide upgrade.

The second part of a series of upgrades to make the ethereum network more efficient and less costly in terms of fees,.

That said, an exact block number at which the code would go live hasn't yet been confirmed for the backward-incompatible change.

The upgrade will include various optimizations aimed at making the platform more efficient – and less costly in terms of fees. Constantinople is the second part of a two-part series of upgrades, following in the footsteps of Byzantium, which was activated last October.

According to the meeting, a total of four ethereum improvement upgrades (EIPs) are currently being implemented by developers. Péter Szilágyi, lead developer of Geth, the most popular ethereum client, said they have already implemented most of the changes.

Two other notable changes are still up for discussion, including a possible delay in ethereum's difficulty bomb and an EIP that could improve how gas pricing works.

The mining difficulty question is concerned – a contentious topic that involves a consideration of ethereum's issuance model and one that has different impacts on various stakeholders – no decision has yet to be made.