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Ethereum Foundation names 2 ‘must ship’ EIPs for Hegotá upgrade

Nate KostarSep 7, 2026

Protocol upgrade decouples consensus from execution to solve scaling bottlenecks

Aug 26, 2026

BNB Chain activates Pasteur hard fork to strengthen bridge security

Aug 25, 2026

Solana cuts blockchain slot time to 350 milliseconds

Aug 21, 2026

Ethereum Foundation warns some tools may break with Glamsterdam upgrade

Aug 18, 2026

Ethereum devs to narrow 66 proposals tied to Hegotá upgrade

Aug 16, 2026

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Solana’s fee overhaul increases burn and makes resource hogs pay

Solana’s proposed fee overhaul would make resource-heavy transactions more expensive while cutting costs for simpler activity, and it increases the amount of SOL burned.

Aug 14, 2026

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Zcash targets July 28 launch for Ironwood network upgrade

Zcash’s next upgrade will replace the once-compromised Orchard pool and may offer clues about whether counterfeit tokens were created via a recent bug.

Jul 10, 2026

Berachain hard fork to replace dual-token model with WBERA rewards

Berachain launched the first stage of its PoL Next upgrade, which will phase out the BGT token and shift the network's reward system to WBERA.

Jul 8, 2026

Zcash’s Ironwood upgrade faces possible delay over infrastructure readiness

Shielded Labs said exchanges, mining pools and wallets may need more time to complete Zcash’s Z3 software migration and safely prepare for Ironwood.

Jul 3, 2026

The biggest blockchain upgrades still to come in 2026

From Ethereum’s Glamsterdam to Solana’s Alpenglow, 2026’s most important developments are protocol upgrades, not price charts.

Jul 2, 2026

Christina Comben

Ethereum can quantum-proof accounts for just 7 cents, says Ethereum's Kohaku lead

The SPHINCS- proposal aims to reduce the cost of post-quantum signature verification on Ethereum while the network works toward a longer-term solution.

Jun 14, 2026

Zcash teams propose Ironwood pool to restore supply verification after Orchard flaw

Ironwood would close the old Orchard pool to new activity and route funds through a turnstile before they enter a new shielded pool.

Jun 8, 2026

Ethereum Foundation hits ‘Glamsterdam’ milestones, names new protocol leads

The Ethereum Foundation has finalized a new gas limit floor and improvement proposal for its “Glamsterdam” upgrade, which is likely to go live sometime in the third quarter of 2026.

May 12, 2026

Polygon reduces block time to 1.75 seconds as payments push accelerates

Polygon delivered its first block time reduction upgrade since genesis, as the network seeks to position for more high-frequency applications such as private stablecoin payments.

May 7, 2026