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🔥 This Week’s Burning Topic - Why Ethereum's Phase 1 Launch in Istanbul Matters
**Diagram of Ethereum 2.0.’s roadmap**
After 7 weeks of delay, Ethereum will be launching the Phase 1 of its scalable, Proof-Of-Stake(PoS) network in Istanbul on Dec 4. And I can’t keep calm. It is a very exciting time to see how Proof-Of-Stake, which is touted as the next scalable solution to the blockchain’s jigsaw puzzle turns out in real world application.
The Hard Fork being called “Istanbul Hard Fork” will be implemented on block 9,069,000 with six code changes. Majority of which is aimed towards reducing the gas costs for specific opcodes. While the code implementation, called EIP-1884 will be aimed more towards increasing computational costs for data recalls.
Though, I feel EIP-1884 might not go down well with some developers since it makes it a bit more expensive to retrieve on-chain data for applications. But, on the other hand, it will also increase the miner income which will proportionally lead to higher miner participation.
Apart from EIP-1884, Ethereum core developers Péter Szilágyi and Felix Lange also quoted of code change EIP-2124 which introduces a mechanism for users to easily identify what version of software a computer server, also called a node, in the ethereum network is running.
In case anything goes haywire such as bugs or last minute deployment issues, a backup date of Jan 8, 2020 is also fixed so as to tackle them. Regarding which, Danno Ferrin of Ethereum was quoted as saying,
“The thing about the [Jan.8] backstop date is that if we’re going to ship and change the time, we have to build a new client … and get everyone to install the client ,
The Istanbul Hard Fork matters because it marks Ethereum’s transition to a more scalable Proof-Of-Stake. And while everything seems great in concept, it will be a real life test for Ethereum. Also paving a new road in development since there is no precedent to this type of work and Ethereum developers are creating something new. The presence of a precise launch date is a good sign showcasing that the development is on right track.
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