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Filter 13 activated milestones across five networks. Each record separates ordinary holder guidance from developer and node-operator work, and remains readable without JavaScript.

13 milestones shown

Scaling

Ethereum · Dencun

Blob transactions lowered the data cost path for rollups

What changed: Dencun activated proto-danksharding through EIP-4844 and combined execution-layer Cancun changes with consensus-layer Deneb changes.

Holder action: None for ordinary ETH or wallet balances; no token conversion was required.

Technical action: Stakers and node operators had to run compatible consensus and execution clients before epoch 269568. Rollup teams could integrate blob transactions.

Ethereum Foundation announcement
Governance

Cardano · Chang

On-chain governance entered its bootstrap phase

What changed: Chang began the Conway ledger era and introduced the first stage of Cardano's CIP-1694 governance framework.

Holder action: ADA did not need to be swapped. Participation choices depended on the holder's wallet and governance plans.

Technical action: Stake-pool operators and ecosystem infrastructure needed compatible node and application releases.

Cardano hard-fork timeline
Fees

Avalanche · Etna

Independent Avalanche L1 operation became less capital intensive

What changed: Etna implemented the network changes associated with Avalanche9000, replacing the previous recurring validator cost model for sovereign L1s with a continuous fee.

Holder action: None for ordinary AVAX custody. Users still needed to respect any exchange maintenance window.

Technical action: Validators needed AvalancheGo 1.12.0 or later; L1 builders had new operating and interoperability choices to evaluate.

Avalanche Etna overview
Governance

Cardano · Plomin

The full governance action set became available

What changed: Plomin completed the transition to Cardano's on-chain governance framework, enabling constitutional committee, DRep and stake-pool roles to participate under the new rules.

Holder action: No asset migration was required. ADA holders could choose whether and how to delegate governance power.

Technical action: Wallets, explorers, governance interfaces and operators needed support for the Conway-era rules and certificates.

Cardano Plomin documentation
Security & validation

Arbitrum One · BoLD

Validation became permissionless with a bounded dispute delay

What changed: BoLD replaced the previous allowlisted validation model and was designed to bound delay attacks in the dispute process.

Holder action: None for ordinary ETH or token balances on Arbitrum One; no migration or claim was part of the upgrade.

Technical action: Validators and infrastructure teams needed to understand the new challenge protocol and deployment boundary.

Arbitrum Foundation AIP
Fees

Avalanche · Fortuna

C-Chain dynamic fees gained a much lower minimum

What changed: Fortuna lowered the C-Chain minimum base fee to one wei, allowing demand to determine fees across a much wider range.

Holder action: No token conversion. Transaction costs could change, so users still needed to check the fee presented by the wallet.

Technical action: Wallet, RPC and application teams needed to avoid hard-coded fee assumptions and use current fee data.

Avalanche fee documentation
Performance

BNB Smart Chain · Lorentz

Block intervals fell from three seconds to 1.5 seconds

What changed: Lorentz shortened BSC block production time and adjusted networking behavior to support faster confirmation.

Holder action: None for ordinary BNB balances. Users could encounter temporary exchange deposit or withdrawal pauses around activation.

Technical action: Validators, full nodes, exchanges and RPC providers needed the specified release before the mainnet fork height.

BNB Chain Lorentz announcement
Developer features

Ethereum · Pectra

Accounts, validators and blob capacity changed together

What changed: Pectra bundled execution and consensus improvements, including EIP-7702 account capabilities, validator balance changes and increased blob throughput.

Holder action: No ETH conversion or required wallet transfer. New account features only mattered when a wallet deliberately exposed them.

Technical action: Node operators upgraded both clients; wallet, staking and application teams reviewed changed account and validator behavior.

Ethereum Foundation announcement
Performance

BNB Smart Chain · Maxwell

Block intervals fell again, from 1.5 seconds to 0.75 seconds

What changed: Maxwell continued BSC's performance work with sub-second blocks and related consensus and networking adjustments.

Holder action: None for ordinary balances. A faster chain did not remove the need to wait for a venue's own confirmation policy.

Technical action: Validators and infrastructure operators needed the compatible client and had to verify their systems could handle the faster cadence.

BNB Chain Maxwell announcement
Scaling

Ethereum · Fusaka

PeerDAS expanded the path to greater blob capacity

What changed: Fusaka introduced PeerDAS and other execution and consensus changes intended to let nodes verify blob availability without downloading every blob.

Holder action: No ETH swap, claim or balance migration. Messages asking holders to “upgrade ETH” were not part of the protocol process.

Technical action: Node operators updated clients; rollups and infrastructure teams prepared for the changed data-availability environment.

Ethereum.org Fusaka guide
Scaling

Ethereum · BPO1

The blob target increased after Fusaka activation

What changed: The first blob-parameter-only fork raised Ethereum's blob capacity without bundling a full protocol upgrade.

Holder action: None. The change affected network data capacity rather than ETH ownership or wallet balances.

Technical action: Operators remained on compatible clients and rollup teams monitored capacity, pricing and network behavior.

Ethereum Fusaka and BPO schedule
Scaling

Ethereum · BPO2

A second parameter-only fork increased blob capacity

What changed: BPO2 applied the next planned blob-parameter adjustment after the network had observed Fusaka and BPO1.

Holder action: None. It did not create a new ETH asset or require a wallet migration.

Technical action: Rollup, node and monitoring teams tracked the higher data-capacity settings and current client guidance.

Ethereum mainnet fork timeline
Developer features

Cardano · van Rossem

Protocol version 11 extended ledger and Plutus capabilities

What changed: The van Rossem hard fork activated protocol version 11 at epoch 644 with ledger, governance and smart-contract improvements.

Holder action: No ADA swap was required. Holders only needed to follow a provider notice if a service paused transfers.

Technical action: Stake-pool operators, wallets, exchanges and application teams needed compatible releases and updated feature assumptions.

Cardano hard-fork timeline