Core Ethereum developers have delayed the scheduled Constantinople upgrade after a code audit revealed the proposed software updates introduced dangerous security vulnerabilities to Ethereum smart contracts. The Ethereum Foundation announced the change of plans late Tuesday, less than a day before a maintenance-centric “hard fork” was originally set to take place. “Out of an abundance of caution, key stakeholders around the Ethereum community have determined that the best course of action will be to delay the planned Constantinople fork that would have occurred at block 7,080,000 on January 16, 2019,” wrote software engineer Hudson Jameson. Put simply, a planned reduction…
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