Hard Forks of 2024

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Following 26 hard forks in 2023, there will be at least 6 planned protocol upgrades coming this year. Giant kudos to Bitcoin Cash development team, giving 6 months notice once again!

List of upgrades

  1. 🗓️ 16 Jan 2024 - Algorand, Consensus Upgrade1
  2. 🗓️ 22 Jan 2024 - Ripple, Ledger version 2.0.0
  3. 🗓️ 27 Jan 2024 - Arbitrum, ArbOS version 11
  4. 🗓️ 31 Jan 2024 - Ethereum Classic, Spiral
  5. 🗓️ 09 Feb 2024 - Tezos, Oxford
  6. 🗓️ 06 Mar 2024 - Avalanche, Durango
  7. 🗓️ 11 Mar 2024 - NEAR, Protocol v64
  8. 🗓️ 13 Mar 2024 - Ethereum, Dencun
  9. 🗓️ 21 Mar 2024 - NEAR, Protocol v65
  10. 🗓️ 10 Apr 2024 - NEAR, Protocol v66
  11. 🗓️ 16 Apr 2024 - Stacks, Nakamoto Instantiation
  12. 🗓️ 18 Apr 2024 - Binance Smart Chain, Feynman
  13. 🗓️ 15 May 2024 - Bitcoin Cash, 2024-05-15 Network Upgrade
  14. 🗓️ May 2024 - Stacks, Nakamoto Activation
  15. 🗓️ May 2024 - Chiliz Chain - Dragon8
  16. 🗓️ Q1 2024 - DeSo Protocol, Revolution PoS

Footnotes

  1. Algorand protocol upgrade date is approximate:

    The upgrade process includes a threshold where 90% or more of the block proposers state that they are ready for the next consensus version. Once the 90% threshold is met, everyone with the new binary now switches to speaking in the new consensus version at a point that is 10,000 block marks from when the 90% threshold occurs.