Geth

Ethereum’s Most Popular Software Client Issues Hotfix to High Severity Bug

The release was posted to GitHub at 07:08 UTC Tuesday. Details of the fixes weren't immediately disclosed.

Tech  ·  24 August 2021

Ethereum Devs Grapple With Worst-Case Scenarios

Is Ethereum ready for the “London” hard fork?

Tech  ·  28 July 2021
Ethereum

Developers Debate Disclosure Protocols After ‘Accidental’ Ethereum Hard Fork

Ethereum’s largest client Geth hard-forked after a bug was tripped Wednesday. Developers are now weighing the merits of security disclosures methods.

Tech  ·  13 November 2020
Ethereum

Ethereum’s ‘Unannounced Hard Fork’ Was Trying to Prevent the Very Disruption It Caused

A hard fork that split Ethereum’s chain in two was activated on purpose, calling into question Ethereum’s client coordination.

Tech  ·  11 November 2020
Ethereum

Buggy Code Release Knocks 13% of Ethereum Nodes Offline

Over 1,000 Ethereum nodes will have to resync or find a new client provider after a critical bug in OpenEthereum’s codebase was revealed.

Tech  ·  27 August 2020
Ethereum

Ethereum Developers Delay Berlin Hard Fork to Stem Client Centralization Concerns

79% of Ethereum nodes run on Geth. Core developers have pushed back July's Berlin hard fork so other clients can catch up.

Tech  ·  30 June 2020
Ethereum

Unpatched Ethereum Clients Pose 51% Attack Risk, Says Report

Ethereum clients that still haven't patched known vulnerabilities pose a security risk to the entire network, according to new research.

Tech  ·  17 May 2019
Ethereum

Ethereum Clients Release New Software In Wake of Hard Fork Delay

Major ethereum clients are releasing new versions of their software to prevent the now-delayed Constantinople hard fork from triggering.

Tech  ·  15 January 2019
Ethereum

Ethereum’s Geth Software Upgrades Ahead of January Hard Fork

Geth has locked ethereum's upcoming Constantinople hard fork into its latest code release.

Tech  ·  12 December 2018
Ethereum

This New Ethereum Software Client Is Built With Enterprises in Mind

Unlike other enterprise versions of ethereum, ConsenSys' new Pantheon has a less-restrictive software license and uses Java as a programming language.

Business  ·  30 October 2018
Ethereum

‘Turbo Geth’ Seeks to Scale Ethereum – And It’s Already in Beta

Instead of tackling ethereum's transaction costs, developer Alexey Akhunov focused on the blockchain's state, and the software is ready.

Tech  ·  21 September 2018
Ethereum

Testing for Ethereum’s Coming Consensus Change Is Moving Ahead

Less than a year since Casper was formalized, ethereum clients are starting to test a smart contract for the network's big consensus change.

Tech  ·  6 June 2018
Ethereum

Ethereum Infighting Spurs Blockchain Split Concerns

Parity is set on implementing their new proposal to recover frozen funds, and ethereum devs are worried there's nothing to stop a blockchain split.

Tech  ·  25 April 2018
Ethereum

Blockchain Bloat: How Ethereum Is Tackling Storage Issues

With long-term fixes like sharding a ways off, ethereum developers are making the software run more efficiently to ease growing storage requirements.

Tech  ·  18 January 2018
Ethereum

Ethereum Developers Find Geth Bug as Hard Fork Nears

Ethereum's Geth has re-released its Byzantium hard fork software after spotting a bug. But low adoption is concerning with the fork so close.

Tech  ·  14 October 2017