Ethereum Classic plans ‘Thanos’ hard fork to restore mining with older GPUs

Cointelegraph

Published Nov 27, 2020 08:39AM ET

Updated Nov 28, 2020 06:00PM ET

Ethereum Classic (ETC) is planning to execute the Thanos hard fork, an upgrade that would ensure several more years of mining functionality for graphics cards with 4 gigabytes of RAM.

The upgrade, scheduled for block 11,700,000 — set to be mined between Nov. 28 and Nov. 29 — will roll back the epoch parameter for Ethereum Classic’s mining algorithm, Ethash.

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