Yesterday, on February 28, 2019, the long-awaited Ethereum “hard fork” or “network upgrade” Constantinople finally went live! As planned, it occurred on block 7,280,000 and although the plan anticipated two upgrades: Constantinople and St. Petersburg, both were combined in one.
The price of EthereumDuring the update on February 28, the price of Ethereum remained significantly stable. However, in the previous day on February 27, there was a slight dump in the price, and it went from $141 to $132. This probably was the effect of uncertainty from investors and users because of previous delays of this upgrade. Once they got affirmation that the upgrade is actually going to take place, they bought back in.
To read about how many clients have adopted the new upgrade and what has changed in the network, visit our latest article:
https://bestcoininvestments.com/constantinople-upgrade-is-live/Have you upgraded your client? Are you looking forward to the change from PoW to PoS?
