As detailed by CoinDesk, Constantinople features changes designed to increase the platform's efficiency, alter its economic policy and delay the so-called "difficulty bomb," a piece of code meant to encourage the network to alter its core consensus algorithm.
Speaking in a bi-weekly video call, developers said the upgrade will activate around October 9 on a cross-client testnet, named Ropsten, which mimics the conditions of the ethereum network itself. However, due to the unpredictability of block confirmation times in the testing environment, an exact block number – the way most upgrades are timed within the blockchain space – for the testnet activation has yet to be finalized.
does ethereum have to apply changes to a proof-of-work (POW) algorithm that can force ASIC miners to cause more network centralization today. what do you think?
