What's Left Before Ethereum's Next Fork?

The Byzantium Countdown: What's Left Before Ethereum's Next Fork?

The next major update to ethereum, the world's second largest blockchain by total value, is set to go live in less than a week.

Part of a larger, multi-component upgrade called Metropolis, the so-called "Byzantium" code will be enforced at block 4,370,000 – or in about four days according to current metrics – as a hard fork. A common (yet controversial) strategy for upgrading blockchains, this means the changes are required to be accepted broadly by all stakeholders on the ethereum blockchain.