{"id":5238,"date":"2023-04-17T08:27:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T06:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kriptomat.cash\/ethereum-shanghai-upgrade\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:13:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:13:56","slug":"ethereum-shanghai-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kriptomat.hr\/en\/ethereum-shanghai-upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Shanghai upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5238\" class=\"elementor elementor-5238 elementor-2773\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aab593a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aab593a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e05dacc\" data-id=\"e05dacc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5150b50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5150b50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Shanghai Hard Fork?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c920f36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c920f36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\" lang=\"HR-HR\" xml:lang=\"HR-HR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\">Shanghai hard <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">fork<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/kriptomat.cash\/ethereum\/\"><br \/>\n  <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">ethereum<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\">, also called &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">Shapella<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\">&#8220;, it was finalized on 12.4.2023. This upgrade  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">Ethereum<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\"> networks allow users who have acquired their <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">Ether<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\"> (ETH)<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\"><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\">&#8220;, to secure the network and validate transactions, to withdraw or withdraw their funds. The upgrade was launched at 10:27 p.m. UTC and finalized around 10:42 p.m. About half an hour after activation  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">Shanghai<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\">, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/beaconcha.in\/\">data beaconcha.in<\/a>, 285 withdrawals were processed out of a total of <\/span> <\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\" lang=\"HR-HR\" xml:lang=\"HR-HR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\">5413 eth, which is worth just over ten million dollars. This upgrade finalized the years-long-awaited transition  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">Ethereum<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\"> with <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">proof<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">of<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">work<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\"> mechanism for verifying transactions on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">proof-of-stake<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\">. The first step was the so-called &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kriptomat.cash\/ethereum-merge\/\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">Merge<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\">&#8220;, where <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">Ethereum<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\"> stopped using <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">PoW<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\">, and the finalizing step was to allow the withdrawal of funds of users who locked or <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\"> &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW130389616 BCX0\">acquired&#8221; their <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\">Ether<\/span>.<span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW130389616 BCX0\"><\/span> <\/span><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW130389616 BCX0\"><span class=\"SCXW130389616 BCX0\"> <\/span><br class=\"SCXW130389616 BCX0\"><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c1612a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7c1612a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-12\/48818834-6b10-4fc8-9860-8d90af600d85.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0501bd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0501bd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/what-s-in-and-what-s-out-for-ethereum-s-shanghai-upgrade\">cointelegraph<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a444eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8a444eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Proof of work and proof of stake<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ce49dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ce49dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">Proof<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\"> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">of<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">work<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\"> (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">PoW<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">) and proof<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\"> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">of<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">stake<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\"> (<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">PoS<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">) are two consensus mechanisms used in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kriptomat.cash\/sto-je-blockchain\/\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">blockchain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">  technology to verify transactions and create new blocks. At  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">PoW,miners compete in solving complex mathematical problems to verify transactions and receive rewards in the form of cryptocurrency <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">. This process is energy intensive and requires expensive equipment. On the other hand  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">PoS<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\"> <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">selects validators<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\"> to create new blocks based on the amount <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">of cryptocurrency<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\"> they own and have &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">acquired<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">&#8221; as <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">collateral<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">PoS<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\"> is less energy intensive and cheaper than <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">PoW<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">-and. It also encourages long-term investment in  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">cryptocurrency<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">  instead of short-term mining. However  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">PoS<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\"> is not time-tested as <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">PoW, and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">  there are also concerns regarding centralization given that pos cannot achieve a degree of decentralization as with PoW. Time will tell if this is a move.  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">Ethereum<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\"> would be smart, or staying on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW116022432 BCX0\">PoW<\/span> would <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW116022432 BCX0\">be a better decision.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-112d496 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"112d496\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/storage\/uploads\/view\/e08416cbcf9bceb0aa74488cdada8c2e.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-031a752 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"031a752\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/proof-of-work-proof-of-stake-and-the-consensus-debate\">cointelegraph<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72f9773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72f9773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What's next for Ethereum?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d026736 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d026736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At a live broadcast during the Shanghai upgrade, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum blockchain, stated the following: &#8220;We are at a stage where the hardest and fastest parts of the Ethereum protocol transition are mostly over. There are still very important things to be done, but these very important things can certainly be done at a slower pace.&#8221;  <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216512816 BCX0\">Buterin said scaling &#8211; speeding up and cheapening transactions &#8211; will be the next problem that blockchain will <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW216512816 BCX0\"><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216512816 BCX0\">  after Shanghai. &#8220;If we don&#8217;t solve the scaling before the next  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW216512816 BCX0\">Bull<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW216512816 BCX0\"> market, we know that people will stay paying for transactions of five hundred dollars.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-555ad82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"555ad82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/740_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjMtMDQvZDU0NmFjNjItZWE1OC00OGY5LTk4OTYtYzdhY2Y2ODdlYzYzLmpwZw==.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f51f30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f51f30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ether-price-cracks-2k-amid-staking-withdrawals-enabled-post-shapella-upgrade\">cointelgraph<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d32ed56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d32ed56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is there pressure on sales?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-420745c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"420745c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125374069 BCX0\">Since Beacon Chain was launched in December 2020. years, &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">stejkano<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125374069 BCX0\">&#8220;, i.e. more than 18 million ETH is locked (about 15% of ether&#8217;s total supply <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\"><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125374069 BCX0\">). Now that Shanghai has been successfully executed, the approximately 1.1 million ETh collected as rewards can be immediately withdrawn and therefore sold. A number of analysts predicted that unlocking ETH would lead to huge sales, but instead of falling in price,  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">Ethereum<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125374069 BCX0\">  He had a jump of more than 10%. This is probably related to the fact that the upgrade went without any interference, and only collected rewards were unlocked, not all locked  <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">Ether<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW125374069 BCX0\">. Nevertheless, there is the possibility of additional sales pressure on the part of entities facing financial pressure or have gone bankrupt. <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">Celsius<\/span> The network, which went bankrupt in the middle of the previous year, could sell its <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">Ether<\/span> to the tune of 158,176 ETH to return some of the funds they lost to users. U.S. Crypto Exchange  <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">The Kraken<\/span> recently agreed to shut down its operations &#8220;<span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">to<\/span> solve the SEC (<span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">Securities<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">and<\/span> Exchange <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">Commission<\/span>) allegations, meaning it will likely have to take out all 1.2 million locked <span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW125374069 BCX0\">Ether<\/span>.  <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW45311484 BCX0\">What we can see for now is that this sales pressure will be distributed for a few days or even weeks, which will be much easier to absorb by the market than the sudden sale in one day that most <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW45311484 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW45311484 BCX0\"> analysts predicted.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c15cb31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c15cb31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2023-04\/d94a95b6-7a79-4650-9ccf-b88d0d90485d.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1c6b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1c6b6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/ethereum-shapella-upgrade-community-celebrates-as-update-goes-live-on-mainnet\">cointelegraph<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebbef45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ebbef45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Future of Ethereum<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02ee924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"02ee924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span lang=\"HR-HR\" data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"HR-HR\">With this upgrade, Ethereum has moved closer to its final form, where it will be fully ready for everyday use and institutional investors with minimal transaction fees. As Ethereum continues to evolve, so investors are constantly looking for ways to accumulate more Ether. Currently, yields for &#8220;stakeking&#8221;, via a service such as <a href=\"https:\/\/lido.fi\/\">Lido<\/a>, are about 5.4% per year. There is also an option to become a validator, but this requires a stake of 32 ETH. In any case, we can expect the continuation of the arrival of new decentralized applications, and other innovative technologies on Ethereum. This network has established itself as the best in aspects of security, innovation and attracting investors, and no other shows significant signs of progress in overtaking Ethereum. Your opinion about this upgrade be sure to write to us on our social networks (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kriptomat_Cash\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kriptomat.hr\/\">Instagram<\/a>).  <\/span>\n<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Shanghai Hard Fork? Shanghai hard fork ethereum , also called &#8220;Shapella&#8221;, it was finalized on 12.4.2023. This upgrade Ethereum networks allow users who have acquired their Ether (ETH)&#8221;, to secure the network and validate transactions, to withdraw or withdraw their funds. 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