以太经典升级网络协议以确保仍可继续采矿

 

在5月29日，根据ETC Block Explorer的数据，Ethereum Classic (ETC)已经成功地实现了一个协议升级，这将确保将来的挖掘仍然可行。

 

这款名为“ECIP-1041”的叉子在590万块的网络上移除所谓的“困难炸弹”功能。“炸弹”是最初的以太(ETH)代码的一个组成部分，它被设计成指数级地增长采矿的难度，从而使其变得很是缓慢，从而触发了向风险证实(PoS)一致性算法转换的须要。这个特性一般被称为“Ethereum Ice Age”，由于它实际上会“冻结”块验证。

 

Ethereum的经典版本是在2016年因为在如何处理DAO hack上的分歧而从最初的区块链中获得的。

 

特定于1041的协议升级不会致使空投，也不会产生新的令牌。

 

就其自己而言，在2017年10月，Ethereum采起行动，推迟了一年多来的困难，由于该基金会继续为过渡到其混合PoS系统，Casper奠基基础。

 

一旦Ethereum移动到PoS, ETC的网络——据报道没有计划向PoS转移——可能但愿继承在其当前表单中使用的挖掘hashpower的重要部分。

 

PoS-PoW的辩论继续将密码社区划分开来。就在本周，一名巴西研究人员计算出，只需55美圆的mln就能够攻击Ethereum Classic的网络，从而得到1美圆的利润，理由是该网络的PoW算法比先前假设的攻击更容易受到51%的攻击。

 

 

 

英文原文

Ethereum Classic (ETC) has now successfully implemented a protocol upgrade that will ensure that mining remains viable in future, according to ETC Block Explorer data yesterday, May 29.

 

The fork, dubbed ECIP-1041, has removed the so-called “Difficulty Bomb” feature from the ETC network at block 5,900,000. The ‘bomb’ was a component of the original Ethereum (ETH) code that was designed to exponentially increase the difficulty of mining to the point where it would become impractically slow, thereby triggering the need to transition to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm. This feature has commonly been referred to as the ‘Ethereum Ice Age,’ because it would essentially ‘freeze’ block validations.

 

Ethereum Classic formed after Ethereum hard-forked from the original blockchain in 2016 over disagreements in how to handle the DAO hack.

 

The ECIP-1041 protocol upgrade will not result in an AirDrop, nor in the creation of a new token.

 

For its part, in October 2017 Ethereum acted to postpone the difficulty bomb by over a year, as the Foundation continues to lay the groundwork for the transition to its hybrid PoS system, Casper.

 

Once Ethereum moves to PoS, ETC’s network – which reportedly has no plans to transition to PoS – could potentially hope to inherit a significant part of the mining hashpower dedicated to ETH in its current form.

 

The PoS-PoW debate continues to divide the crypto community. Just this week, a Brazilian researcher calculated that it could take just $55 mln to hack Ethereum Classic’s network to make $1 bln profit, arguing that the network’s PoW algorithm was more vulnerable to a 51% attack than previously assumed.