On Wednesday, October 27th at 10:30am UTC the EthStaker crew will be hosting the Altair Ethereum Network Upgrade Livestream Party! Altair will be the first network upgrade to the Beacon Chain since it’s launch in December of 2020. To celebrate this milestone event the EthStaker crew will be joined by special guests within the ecosystem from client team members, engineers, and community contributors. As we watch the leadup to epoch 74240 (when Altair is implemented) the EthStaker crew will celebrate with a POAP.art canvas, distribute an exclusive livestream POAP, and host a Q&A session regarding Altair’s technical payload.

On Wednesday, October 27th the first Ethereum Beacon Chain Network Upgrade will happen. Altair is scheduled to go live at epoch 74240 – Oct 27, 2021, 10:56:23am UTC. See the Altair Mainnet Announcement for details on who, how, and why. If you run a validator on the beacon chain, you must upgrade before the Altair upgrade epoch or else you will experience downtime penalties. It’s great practice to share updates with your fellow solo stakers. When you update your node, did you share the news with your validator friends? Did you tweet about it, if so – you deserve a POAP.

Congratulations to the entire POAP team for having issued their one millionth POAP! This is a huge milestone - to celebrate, here is a One Millionth POAP POAP.