Ethereum Hard Forks

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Explains how upgrades are EIPs that change consensus, networking, node interfaces or token standards and gives concrete examples: EIP-1559 debated for months, opcode EIP-1344, networking EIP-2124, and ERCs like EIP-3156. Describes the workflow: draft, client implementations, JSON reference tests, shadow chain rehearsal using mainnet traffic, ephemeral “yolo” testnets, then activating on Robson/Rinkeby/Goerli/Kovan and mainnet. Notes a real-world rollback — the Constantinople cancellation hours before activation due to a security exploit — and that follow-ups (Petersburg) succeed.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:41Ethereum Hard Forks
3. 2:41How Ethereum Hard Forks Work
4. 4:32What Is an Eip Ethereum Improvement Proposal
5. 6:13Network Eeps
6. 7:53Ercs
7. 9:24Governance
8. 13:19Ideation
9. 14:29Validation
10. 16:03Ephemeral Test Nets
11. 17:18Shadow Chain

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