Ethereum Core Developers Consider More Frequent and Smaller Hard Forks

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Ethereum Core Developers Consider More Frequent and Smaller Hard Forks
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Ethereum (ETH) core developers are considering implementing more frequent and smaller hard forks, according to the most recent bi-weekly meeting held on April 12.

The question of time between hard forks — or network updates — was brought up by the meeting’s moderator, Tim Beiko, who referenced it as an ongoing topic of discussion. Another dev then began the discussion by referencing core developer Alexey Akhunov’s previously expressed position in favor of shorter periods between forks.

To “check the temperature” of the devs’ position on hard fork timing, the dev asked if anyone on the call was “open to hard forks as short as three months.” The first three responses to the question were negative or tentative, with dev Joseph Delong calling three months “too quick [...] for turnaround.