Hard Constantinople fork – What you need to know

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by Matheus Henrique
Posted on January 14, 2019

Maliciously provoked by a group of minors, accidentally gaining significant control over the network, thanks to a system bug , or intentionally when a central development team decides to introduce substantial new resources into a new version of a client. A fork succeeds when it becomes the longest version of the block, defined by difficulty. "Constantinople Fork" is closer than ever, its launch is scheduled for next week. in the Ethereum network. However, there is still much confusion and even misinformation about the nature of the hypothetical alternative version of a blockchain, usually because a group of miners begin to hash . It may be caused by malicious means by a group of minors, accidentally gaining significant control over the network, through a system bug, or intentionally when a central team of Development decides to introduce substantial new resources into a new version of a client. A fork succeeds when it becomes the longest version of the block defined by the difficulty. "Clbad =" glossaryLink "target =" _ blank “> fork.

Constantinople is part of the Metropolis Project, a series of upgrades and improvements aimed at making the Ethereum network more sophisticated and much more efficient. This will be done through various changes that will occur in the network. Prior to Constantinople, ETH had adopted the Homestead forks in 2016 and Byzantium in 2017. Surprisingly, both forks were held responsible for the rising price of the ether.

However, it should be remembered that the term "alternative version lasts being a blockchain, usually because a group of miners begin to hash . to be provoked maliciously by a group of minors, accidentally gaining significant control over the network, through a system bug, or intentionally when a central development team decides To introduce substantial new resources into a new version of a client.A fork succeeds when it becomes the longest version of the block, defined by difficulty. "Fork" is used to describe this new moment. Ethereum, but this is not the case.The exact designation of what will happen.Vitalik himself does not agree with the name of Constantinople:

The IMO Ethereum community should consider r adopt the terminology of @zcashco which involves calling things like "network upgrades" and reserving "an alternative version" of Constantinople. in the course of a blockchain, usually because a group of miners begins to hash . It may be caused for malicious purposes by a group of minors, accidentally gaining a lot of control over the network bug in the system, or intentionally when a central development team decides to introduce substantial new features into a new version of a client. A fork succeeds when it becomes the longest version of the block, as defined by difficulty. "clbad =" glossaryLink "target =" _ blank “> fork "for splits that leave more than 2 viable channels Too many people ask me lately where they can deposit their coins other than those of Constantinople …
"In my opinion, the Ethereum community should consider adopting Zcash's terminology and calling things like Constantinople updates."

– Vitalik Non-donor ether January 10, 2019

network & reserve and # 39; alternative version underway for a blockchain, usually because a group of miners starts the hash . It may be caused by malicious means by a group of minors, accidentally gaining significant control over the network, through a system bug, or intentionally when a central team of Development decides to introduce substantial new resources into a new version of a client. A fork succeeds when it becomes the longest version of the block, defined by the difficulty. "Fork" for divisions that create 2 or more viable networks. Recently, many people ask me where they can play the parts that are not Constantinople. "

The Ethereum creator's tweet sums up the feeling that hangs over the Bitcoin community.When you call Constantinople's hard alternative version underway from a blockchain, usually because that a group of miners begins to hash It can be caused by malevolence by a group of minors, accidentally gaining an important control over the network, thanks to a bug of the system, or intentionally when a central development team decides to introduce substantial new resources into a new version of a client.A fork succeeds when it becomes version the longest of the block, defined by the difficulty. "Fork, many people badume that the network will be split in two, as happened after. of the DAO incident, which gave birth to the Ethereum Clbadic (ETC).

Of course, it is not wrong to call the alternative version Constantinople a chain of blocks, usually because a set of miners begin at hash . It may be caused by malicious means by a group of minors, accidentally gaining significant control over the network, through a system bug, or intentionally when a central team of Development decides to introduce substantial new resources into a new version of a client. A fork succeeds when it becomes the longest version of the block, defined by difficulty. "Fork, but it's important to understand the difference of the other forks, this prevents users from falling into certain hits, such as Ethereum Nowa and Ethereum Clbadic Vision.

Knowing that Constantinople is an upgrade, we must now consider what will be upgraded and improved for the Ethereum network.

The improvements brought by Constantinople

The new update will bring 5 EIP (Ethereum improvement proposals, free translation and Ethereum improvement). These updates will primarily enhance the network's scalability and capabilities as a token development platform using a chain of blocks to encourage development and adoption. "”> dApps

] It should be mentioned that Constantinople is not contentious and that, therefore, the community is not divided, as is the case with the difficult alternative version in progress of a blockchain, usually because a set of miners begins to hash [194591010]] It may be caused by malevolence by a group of minors, accidentally gaining significant control over the network , thanks to a system bug, or intentionally when a central development team decides to introduce substantial new resources into a new version of a client. A fork succeeds when it becomes the longest version of the block, as defined by the difficulty. "Fork in the DAO incident. In other words, there will be no new community or new currency, Ethereum will remain an important network and the owners will have nothing to worry about.

• Adds a new opcode to 0xf5, which creates 4 new arguments: endowment, memory_start, memory_length, salt.

  EIP 1014 – Skinny CREATE2

  • The new code works exactly like CREATE, except that it uses usakeccak256 (0xff ++ address ++ salt ++ keccak256 (init_code)) [12:] instead user-and-hsah-nonce as the initialization address of the contract.
  • Performs interactions at addresses that do not yet exist on the network, but may contain codes possibly created by a particular code element.

  That is to say: It is a very technical EIP. and may not make sense to anyone who does not master the basics of programming. However, the idea of ​​improvement is to facilitate integration with the addresses that will always be created by State-Channels.
  EIP 1052: Opcode EXTCODEHASH

  • This EIP specifies a new opcode that returns the hash transforms an arbitrarily large amount of data into a fixed-length value. _blank “> hasec keccak256 code of a contract
  • Contracts must perform tests to verify the intermediate code, but do not necessarily require access to the code itself. Contracts can currently be done with EXTCODECOPY, but it is very expensive, especially for very large contracts.

    EIP 1283: New Fuel Measurement System for Vehicles and Vehicles (19459007) EIP 1283: New Fuel Measurement System for Vehicles SSTORE

    • The PEI is making modifications to the fuel metric for the vehicle. SSTORE opcode, allowing new uses for storing contracts and reducing excessive spending in ether.

    That is to say: This is a simple proposal, let (less consumption) intelligent contract-related activities within the blockchain.

    PEI 1234: Delay in the Pump of Difficulty and Decrease of the Block Reward

    • The average time for the extraction of the blocks increases because of the difficulty of the pump (also called ice cream ). The IEP proposes a pump delay of about 12 months and the block reward is reduced to Constaninople.

    This is to say: The IEP gives the network more time for it to not freeze before the protocol.

    I have Ethereum, do I have to worry or do anything with Constantinople?

    All this PIE offer looks pretty technical, is not it? Well, this conversation is really very detailed, but it's more about who is using the network to create decentralized applications and use smart contracts.

    For investors and users only interesting about the currency, just understand that nothing will change in the operation of the chips and that the ETH will continue in the same way that we we know it now. It is also important to pay attention to the promises of new currencies and fund launches, such as ETCV and ETN.

    For the moment, it is recommended to continue to place your ethers in portfolios and perhaps even in reliable exchanges (although this is not recommended).

    However, it is still important to keep an eye on this update as an observer and market investor. Like all other platforms, Ethereum can only have value if it is useful, well beyond market speculation.

    By improving these operations, the ETH network is taking important steps to improve its acceptance and thereby become a more comprehensive tool.

    The time has come to hold the ETH and we hope that Constantinople, scheduled for January 16, will take advantage of the prize.

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