đŸ”„ Blockchain industry insights: The history of Ethereum
Ethereum upgrades are generally hard forks: node operators need to update their clients in advance, and the new rules take effect across the network at the agreed block or epoch.
Be wary of claims that an “upgrade requires you to swap your coins”: Ethereum network upgrades do not require users to swap any coins.
$ETH has been Ethereum’s native coin for paying Gas since the mainnet launched in 2015. Currently 2293.04.
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