Parity, a blockchain infrastructure company that runs the core of the Ethereum network, is delaying the Ethereum core devs’ planned hardfork until Sept. 6.
EtherWorld founder Pooja Ranjan provided notes from Ethereum Core Devs Meeting 69 via GitHub on Aug. 24 — a day after the dev meeting occurred. According to Parity core developer Wei Tang, the organization needs two more weeks before devs can proceed in selecting a block number for the Istanbul fork. According to Ranjan’s notes, Tang said that Parity will need until Sept. 6 for its implementation: