{"id":2454,"date":"2020-07-14T14:28:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T14:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2020-07-17T06:02:59","modified_gmt":"2020-07-17T06:02:59","slug":"grin-version-4-hard-fork-what-will-change-and-how-to-get-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2miners.com\/blog\/grin-version-4-hard-fork-what-will-change-and-how-to-get-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"Grin Version 4 Hard Fork. What Will Change and How to Get Ready?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time the Grin hard fork happened on January 16, 2020. Back then the developers upgraded to version 3.0 and implemented the Cuckaroom mining algorithm. This week they will perform another hard fork. In this article, we will talk about the latest hard fork and what the network users should do.<\/p>\n

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Hard forks in the Grin network are not spontaneous. They are held according to the previously defined schedule. In the beginning, the developers had been planning to perform four upgrades in the first two years after the launch. Each hard fork is held every 262 080 blocks or approximately every six months. So the third upgrade is scheduled at block 786 240.<\/p>\n

Grin Hard Fork in July 2020<\/h2>\n

As we have mentioned above, the hard fork will be performed at block 786 240. It is expected to be mined on July 16, 2020, so the network users have only a few days to prepare. Apart from the new name, the developers point out several important changes.<\/p>\n