Akash Schedules Mainnet 16 Upgrade on March 4
Akash states that the Mainnet 16 upgrade will occur at block 25789395 on March 4 at 14:00 UTC. The upgrade includes a “lease closed reason” field, a CometBFT Tachyon advisory fix (CSA-2026-001), and migration of market module stores to indexed collections. Akash also notes that current deployments will not be affected.
What is a hardfork?
The cryptocurrency mainnet operates according to certain rules. To improve network performance or correct errors, changes are periodically introduced into it. A hard fork represents changes that are not compatible with previous versions of software supporting the cryptocurrency network. In order to continue to mine the cryptocurrency, miners need to update the software.
In some cases, as a result of a hard fork, a completely new cryptocurrency may appear, as happened with Bitcoin Cash and EthereumPoW.
