A bug afflicting a prior version of Geth has just caused the Ethereum mainnet to split. Nodes running the old client are being barred from the main network. This could threaten the possibility of double-spending and lost funds for those using the network.
Go Ethereum just tweeted that a bug afflicting the old version of Geth has caused the Ethereum mainnet to fork. He urges all nodes to immediately update to the current version 1.10.8, which was announced just days ago.
A chain split has occurred on the Ethereum mainnet. The issue was resolved in the v1.10.8 release announced previously. Please update your nodes, if you haven’t already!
— Go Ethereum (@go_ethereum) August 27, 2021
Though most miners are mining on the current version and there is no threat of a hard fork, Ethereum developer Tim Beiko suggests that the Flexpool, BTC.com, and Binance pools have been mining on the old, unsecured version.
Ethereum isn’t the only one: other chains may also be affected and open to ex
