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When is the date for the next fork?

To me, ETH is a big bubble. It is beginning to burst.
That is why I mine it and dump right away since the DAO fiasco.
Some people  (not much) are trying hard to hype it, but not many people buy their hype.
The major world ignores it.
The dev use it as a tool to make money, based on what we saw in the DAO fiasco and the recent many so-called ICOs. Through the DAO fiasco, I believe the future of ETH have been clear to me.

My suggestion to those who are new to ETH:

Invest no more than what you can afford.

Do not trust the hype news and the beautiful future of this coin, it is just a strategy to get your money.

This fork just made Ethereum stronger from my opinion. I will try long 

Stop spreading this shit! Last time you said it will go to 20 and see what happened.

You have zero credit in this community.

               


ETH back to over $10 very soon...  

So the price just dropped? Maybe it is not ETH specific as I saw many other altcoin price also dropped now.

The hardfork has happened now 

https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/11/18/hard-fork-no-4-spurious-dragon/

Hard Fork No. 4: Spurious Dragon

Posted by Hudson Jameson on November 18th, 2016.
The Ethereum network will be undergoing a hard fork at block number 2,675,000, which will likely occur between 15:00 and 16:00 UTC on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. A countdown timer can be seen at https://fork.codetract.io/. The Morden test network will be undergoing a hard fork at block number 1,885,000.

As a user, what do I need to do?

Download the latest version of your Ethereum client:

Latest version of Ethereum Wallet/Mist (v0.8.7)
Latest geth client (v1.5.2)
Latest Parity client (v1.4.4)
Latest ruby-ethereum client (v0.11.0)
What happens if I do not update my client?

If you are using an Ethereum client that is not updated for the upcoming hard fork, your client will sync to the pre-fork blockchain once the fork occurs. You will be stuck on an incompatible chain following the old rules and you will be unable to send ether or operate on the post-fork Ethereum network.

Importantly, if your client is not updated, it also means that any transactions you make will still be susceptible to replay attacks.

What if I am using a web or mobile Ethereum wallet like MyEtherWallet or Jaxx?

Ethereum websites and mobile applications that allow you to store ether and/or make transactions are running their own Ethereum client infrastructure to facilitate their services. Generally, you do not need to do anything if you use a third party web based or mobile Ethereum wallet. However, you should still check with your web or mobile Ethereum wallet provider to see what actions they are taking to update for the hard fork and if they are asking their users to take other steps.

In particular, you should ensure that transactions are generated with the new replay-protected EIP 155 scheme.

What do I do if my Ethereum client is having trouble syncing to the blockchain?

Make sure you have downloaded the latest version of your Ethereum client.

If you are using Geth or Mist, refer to this Ethereum StackExchange thread.
If you are using Parity, refer to this section of the Parity wiki.
Why are we proposing to hard fork the network?

“Spurious Dragon” is the second hard fork of the two-round hard fork response to the DoS attacks on the Ethereum network in September and October. The previous hard fork (a.k.a “Tangerine Whistle”) addressed immediate network health issues due to the attacks. The upcoming hard fork addresses important but less pressing matters such as further tuning opcode pricing to prevent future attacks on the network, enabling “debloat” of the blockchain state, and adding replay attack protection.

What changes are a part of this hard fork?

The following Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) describe the protocol changes implemented in this hard fork.

EIP 155: Replay attack protection – prevents transactions from one Ethereum chain from being rebroadcasted on an alternative chain. For example: If you send 150 test ether to someone from the Morden testnet, that same transaction cannot be replayed on the main Ethereum chain. Important note: EIP 155 is backwards compatible, so transactions generated with the “pre-Spurious-Dragon” format will still be accepted. However, to ensure you are protected against replay attacks, you will still need to use a wallet solution that implements EIP 155.
Be aware that this backwards compatibility also means that transactions created from alternative Ethereum based blockchains that have not implemented EIP 155 (such as Ethereum Classic) can still be replayed on the main Ethereum chain.
EIP 160: EXP cost increase – adjusts the price of `EXP` opcode so it balances the price of `EXP` with the computational complexity of the operation, essentially making it more difficult to slow down the network via computationally expensive contract operations.
EIP 161: State trie clearing – makes it possible to remove a large number of empty accounts that were put in the state at very low cost as a result of earlier DoS attacks. With this EIP, ’empty’ accounts are removed from the state whenever ‘touched’ by another transaction. Removal of the empty accounts greatly reduces blockchain state size, which will provide client optimizations such as faster sync times. The actual removal process will begin after the fork by systematically performing `CALL` to the empty accounts that were created by the attacks.
EIP 170: Contract code size limit – changes the maximum code size that a contract on the blockchain can have. This update prevents an attack scenario where large pieces of account code can be accessed repeatedly at a fixed gas cost. The maximum size has been set to 24576 bytes, which is larger than any currently deployed contract.

at block 2.675.000
in about 5 hours

When is the date for the next fork?

Great to see local energy trading get some big players involved.
http://www.coindesk.com/ethereum-used-first-paid-energy-trade-using-blockchain-technology/   - Published on April 11, 2016

Two Brooklyn residents used the Ethereum blockchain today to facilitate a transaction that let one sell energy directly to the other.
The neighbors accomplished the exchange thanks to LO3, a green energy startup working to do to the energy industry what blockchain is already doing to banks.
 
http://www.ethnews.com/blockchain-startup-lo3-energy-to-collaborate-with-siemens-on-microgrids?platform=hootsuite -November 22nd 2016
When a startup like LO3 teams up with such an established company, a wider adoption of blockchain technology becomes possible. Since Siemens already has microgrid technology, that leaves LO3 free to focus on the distribution of power to the local grids, via Ethereum smart contracts.

  http://www.coindesk.com/blockchain-energy-startup-patent/  Published on November 1, 2016
A Brooklyn blockchain startup has been awarded a patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its work using the tech to facilitate peer-to-peer energy transfers. 

ETH......

Accounts with tokens will be safe.

The fork should come tomorrow.

When is the date for the new fork? delete zero accounts, is it the same thing with delete  addresses with zero Eth token, they need to be aware that some addresses are carrying tokens like ICN, Vdice without any Eth tokens on it.

i read about upcoming fork and it will delete zero accounts? i have wallet with 0 eth but with some tokens inside, will it be safe?

Alrighty where is the article? Or is it just a slogan? All it show for me is the top header and no word about reasoning.

They were one of the early payment processors. If they stick here long enough, people will use their service.

Precisely!
Some bitch in circle thinks she's bigger than 12+ billion $ bitcoin market  lol

highly unlikely anyone will know who the fuck circle were, let alone be using their shit payment service in 5-10 yrs time...