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Zcash (ZEC) Developers Set NU7 at Block 3,543,405 for Threefold Faster Payments
Zcash NU7 activates at block 3,543,405 around November 5, cutting block time to 25 seconds, freezing Sprout balances and deferring 60% of fees to miners.
ZECEthereum Foundation Targets Quantum-Resistant L1 Overhaul by December 2029
The risk that a large-scale quantum computer could one day forge the elliptic curve signatures protecting every Ethereum (ETH) account has moved from theory to roadmap: the Ethereum Foundation aims to convert the network's execution, consensus and data layers to post-quantum cryptography by…
ETHAnza's Alpenglow Upgrade Cuts Solana (SOL) Finality to 150 Milliseconds
Solana's rebuilt consensus layer, Alpenglow, went live on mainnet-beta on Wednesday, October 21, replacing Tower BFT as the set of rules the network uses to lock in blocks.
SOLXRP Ledger Bug Fix Slips to Nov. 4 After Validator Support Dips to 26 of 35
A two-hour dip in validator support has pushed the XRP Ledger's latest bug fix into November, less than two days before it was due to switch on. The amendment, known as fixCleanup3_4_0, was scheduled to activate at 09:34 UTC on Friday, Oct. 23.
XRPEthereum (ETH) Developers Schedule Glamsterdam Hoodi Testnet Activation for October 26 at 17:42:48 UTC
Hoodi testnet node operators are the first party that has to move: before the Glamsterdam upgrade can go live, every execution and consensus client on the network must carry the new fork logic, and the Ethereum Foundation has now fixed the moment.
ETHKaspa's KCC Coordination Forum Finalizes Three Token and Covenant Standards
Kaspa's KCC Coordination Forum declared KCC-1, KCC-2 and KCC-20 Final on Oct. 21, setting shared covenant, authorization and token rules for developers.
KASAptos Ships Encrypted Mempool on Mainnet as APT Rallies 7.8%
Aptos activated its Encrypted Mempool on mainnet, sealing transaction contents until finalization. APT rose 7.8% as the fair-ordering upgrade went live.
APTEthereum Foundation Sets Hoodi Activation of Ethereum (ETH) Glamsterdam Upgrade for October 27
Ethereum's Glamsterdam upgrade activates on the Hoodi testnet October 27 at epoch 132,352, lifting the gas limit to 200 million; the mainnet date stays open.
ETHSolana (SOL) Alpenglow Migration Orders Explorers to Reset TPS Baselines at Epoch 1064
Explorers, analytics services and node operators are the parties still facing work before Solana (SOL) completes its Alpenglow consensus migration, scheduled for Oct. 21.
SOLInput Output Targets 3–5x Capacity for Cardano (ADA) in Staged Leios Rollout
Input Output has set out a staged path for Cardano (ADA) to scale through its Leios upgrade, and most of the promised capacity sits behind steps the network has not yet taken.
ADAStellar (XLM) Validators Must Adopt Bell Protocol 30 by November 23
Node operators, wallet developers and exchange engineering teams running Stellar (XLM) infrastructure are the parties the newly published upgrade schedule binds.
XLMXRP Ledger Developers Publish Second Amendment to Fix Lending Protocol Pre-Launch
XRP Ledger developers issued LendingProtocolV1_1, a second amendment fixing the lending protocol pre-launch. Activation still needs 80% validator support.
XRPVitalik Buterin Drafts Ethereum (ETH) EIP-8288 to Cut Signature Costs by 99%
Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has put forward EIP-8288, an improvement proposal that folds the verification of many cryptographic signatures into a single STARK proof, introduced in a post on X. Nothing in the draft moves the Ethereum price directly; its force is on protocol costs.
ETHZcash NU7 Upgrade Could Freeze 22,309 ZEC Left in the Sprout Pool
Anyone still holding ZEC in the protocol's first privacy pool is now working against a hard deadline. The warning turns a routine upgrade into a migration problem for every legacy wallet still in use.
ZECSolana's Alpenglow Upgrade Targets October 21 Activation Near Epoch 1064
Solana (SOL) enters the October 19 to 25 week with one technical item dominating its calendar: the Alpenglow upgrade, scheduled to activate on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, around epoch 1064.
SOLCharles Hoskinson Says New Cardano (ADA) Language Will Be First to Pair Intents With Groth16 Proofs
A developer writing for Cardano (ADA) will, if the network's founder has his way, be able to state what a transaction is meant to do and attach cryptographic proof of it in the same place.
ADAChainlink CCIP 2.0 Introduces Per-Institution Verification and a 3-of-5 Signer Quorum
Chainlink's CCIP 2.0 adds per-institution verification, Faster-than-Finality execution and reusable approval controls for cross-chain transfers.
LINKXRP Ledger's fixCleanup3_4_0 Security Fix Locks October 23 Activation
The XRP Ledger has scheduled the fixCleanup3_4_0 amendment to activate at approximately 09:34 UTC on October 23, provided validator backing stays above the 80% supermajority threshold the protocol requires.
XRPCharles Hoskinson Says Cardano Is Complete Only After Leios, With Testnet at 26.8 TxkB/s
Leios, the throughput upgrade at the center of the Cardano (ADA) roadmap, is still at the public testnet stage, and founder Charles Hoskinson has told the community the project counts as finished only once it reaches mainnet.
ADAHoodi Testnet Sets Activation for Oct 26 With 200 Million Gas Limit
The Ethereum Foundation scheduled Glamsterdam's Hoodi testnet activation for October 26 with a 200 million gas limit; mainnet timing stays unconfirmed.
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