Geth v1.17.6 Prepares Sepolia for Amsterdam Upgrade
Go Ethereum has released Geth v1.17.6, a maintenance update that prepares Sepolia nodes for Ethereum’s upcoming Amsterdam execution-layer upgrade while introducing immediate performance improvements for synchronization and block processing. The software does not activate Amsterdam yet; it schedules the Sepolia fork for October 6, 2026 at 13:53:36 UTC. Sepolia operators running Geth need to upgrade […]