The London hard fork was activated, featuring EIP-1559

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The London hard fork—featuring EIP-1559’s fee-burn mechanism and four additional EIPs, activated on August 5, 2021 at block 12,965,000.

Event date

August 5, 2021

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The London Ethereum hard fork, which went live on August 05th, 2021. At block 12,965,000, is deemed the most controversial and defining hard fork in the history of Ethereum.

After a successful testnet deployement, the London upgrade is now ready to be activated on the Ethereum mainnet. It will go live on block 12 965 000, which is expected between August 3-5, 2021.

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Week 32 of 2021