Byzantium Fork

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It was a hard fork that was geared towards making smart contracts of Ethereum suitable for the usage in the commercial space and to raise the speed of the transactions bearing an enhancement in the security on its blockchain. It was the fifth and the most significant upgrade to Ethereum’s blockchain. It was mainly carried out to improve the stability, confidentiality and resilience of Ethereum alongside the nine EIPs or Ethereum Improvement Protocols.

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