Zilliqa to Undergo Hard Fork on February 5th
Zilliqa confirms an upcoming network hard fork introducing Cancun-compatible EVM functionality alongside performance and infrastructure upgrades. The update includes faster QUIC-based networking, granular RPC rate limiting, and parallelized checkpoint generation, with mainnet activation expected around block 19,486,411. The hard fork will be implemented on February 5.
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.
