Ethereum client Geth urges validators to update to ‘prevent potential financial loss’
Quick Take
- Geth developers have urged Ethereum validators using version 1.15.1 to update immediately to version 1.15.2 to avoid potential financial losses.
- Version 1.15.1 has a regression that could cause block creation failures, risking financial losses for validators in terms of missed block rewards.
The developers of Geth, the official Go client of the Ethereum blockchain, requested that the network’s validators using version 1.15.1 update to v1.15.2 immediately “to prevent potential financial loss.”
The upgrade to version 1.15.2 aims to prevent network stability and disruptions in validator operations.
It addresses a so-called regression in the previous version 1.15.1 that could lead to block creation failures on the Ethereum mainnet. This issue means validators running Geth v1.15.1 could miss out on block creation opportunities, potentially losing block rewards and transaction fees.
Geth is known as the most widely used execution layer client for Ethereum, with over 40% of validators using it.
“A regression in v1.15.1 can cause block creation failures, leading to missed slots,” the team noted.
The team requested community members to take immediate action required by those running Ethereum nodes on Geth to ensure their continued safe operation.
The update follows a recent patch fixing a vulnerability in specific past Geth versions that could lead to denial of service attacks on nodes.
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