Ethereum Core Devs Target Mid-April ‘Berlin’ Hard Fork

What happened? In an Ethereum developer call, core developers agreed to schedule the ‘Berlin’ hard fork for Apr. 14, 2021. It was initially scheduled for mid-2020. ‘Berlin’ does not include the highly anticipated EIP-1559. Why is it important? ‘Berlin’ is the first major Ethereum upgrade in almost 18 months, the last being ‘Istanbul’ in Dec. […]