London upgrade now live on the Ethereum network🌈⚡✅

• At 12:34 UTC, at Block 12,965,000, Ethereum’s latest hard fork upgrade, dubbed “London,” officially activated on the network.
• The EIP-1559 upgrade will make it easier to predict the network fees
• Ethereum moves closer to its switch to a proof of stake protocol

The Ethereum network has undergone the London hard fork, with some major upgrades expected to make transactions easier for users.

This latest backwards-incompatible hard fork also marked the rollout of five new Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs). EIPs 1559, 3554, 3529, 3198 and 3541 are code upgrades that aim to improve the Ethereum network’s user experience, value proposition and more.

Ethereum network undergoes a significant upgrade.

The Ethereum network has undergone a significant upgrade with the implementation of the London hard fork. The activation today is the culmination of months of work as it involves one of the five Ethereum Improvement Protocols (EIPs), called EIP-1559, that London contains.

London is the name of today’s hard fork. The goal of the upgrade is to improve the quality of life for Ethereum users. While the cost of using the Ethereum network will not be cheaper with this upgrade, it is expected to make it more predictable. This is the main objective of the EIP-1559 upgrade.

The EIP-1559 seeks to adjust the makeup of Ethereum’s fee market. At the moment, Ethereum users must bid for how much they intend to pay to have ETH transactions picked up by a miner. This process is quite expensive sometimes. However, following the London fork, the process will be handled by an automated bidding system with a set fee amount that fluctuates based on how congested the Ethereum network is.

The Ethereum network continues to move closer to its switch to the proof of stake (PoS) protocol. This protocol will eliminate miners from the network since coins will be staked instead.

The switch to a PoS is expected to solve some of the numerous problems plaguing the Ethereum network, including scalability, exorbitant transfer fees and high energy usage for mining purposes.

According to Goldman Sachs, the technology upgrade, coupled with Ether’s expanding applications, give it the potential to overtake Bitcoin as the dominant digital store of value (SoV).

CoinBox Finance Brain Team