Validators suggest updating the nodes of the Beacon Chain network and the PoW chain. The community gets ready for the next fork of the network; It will happen on April 14.

The next Ethereum network update, Berlin, will happen on April 14, 2021, but it is a backward-incompatible fork and therefore sets a requirement for nodes to update their software to sync with the leading network.

The Ethereum 2.0 coordinator, Danny Ryan, shared a post. He clarifies that stakers must update their nodes as a mandatory requirement before March 17 to remain linked to the leading network before the hard fork of the test-based chain working (PoW).

The coordinator added that Beacon Chain network operators need to put an endpoint on the Ethereum Pow network to perform all the functions they perform as validators successfully. A link will serve as an allowance between both systems’ components to complete new deposits.

The nodes that lack an update will synchronize with the blockchain before the hard fork once the update happens. This situation means that if they don’t comply with the new set of requirements, they will suffer a stuck in an incompatible chain; therefore, they will lose the ability to send ethers or work on the post-fork Ethereum network.

 Validators must upgrade their PoW nodes to complete the process, with a primordial root on the client’s version. If such validators dare to work on the Pyrmont test network, they must update their Goerli nodes before March 17, 2021. But, if they validate on the mainnet, they must do so before April 14, 2021, Ryan said.

Exchanges and Other Service Providers and Users are not Required to Take any Action to Adapt to the Update

Since its inception, the Ethereum blockchain has operated on the exact proof-of-work mechanism that Bitcoin uses. But for years, developers have been planning the transition to migrate the consensus type of proof of stake (PoS).

This system will set a replacement between miners and validators in hopes of generating a remarkable reduction in on-grid energy use. There is also an expectation that once the transition is complete, the Ethereum network will gain the ability to complete a more significant amount of transactions per second and reduce the high fees that users usually suffer.

The four improvement proposals that will see their activation with the Berlin hard fork are part of a more significant focus on building the new Ethereum 2.0 network, although it is not clear even when this process will reach an end. The ecosystem must go through several huge updates to ensure the safety of the protocol and its sustainability.

In December 2019, after the Istanbul fork, the Ethereum community argued that the subsequent updates should carry the cities’ names where DevCon took place.

For this reason, the next hard fork’s name will be Berlin, since that was where the first edition of the main event happened. The next one, set to appear in July, will be called London, where the second edition took place.

By: Jenson Nuñez