MilestoneEthereum2016
Ethereum Homestead Upgrade
Ethereum moved from the Frontier phase into Homestead, its first production release, hardening the protocol before the ICO boom accelerated.
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Key Facts
Peak metricFirst production Ethereum release
OutcomeImproved network confidence for smart contract builders
ChainEthereum
Year2016
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