Fork vote support this epoch

%

Waiting for first cut…

Current fork number

across all chains

Votes this epoch

avg per chain

Epoch progress

of 14,400 blocks

Next decision

at the epoch boundary

Fork epoch timeline

How on-chain voting works

Miners state their preference in every block they mine: the ForkState field at the start of the header — the flag this page parses — carries one optional vote for the next fork.

  • Vote. For 119 hours (14,280 blocks) each new block can add one vote to its chain's running total.
  • Count. In the final hour (120 blocks) the chains average their totals with their neighbors, converging on a single network-wide result.
  • Decide. If at least two-thirds of the voting blocks signaled support, the new rules apply from the first block of the next epoch; otherwise the current rules stay and voting starts over.

Upgrades therefore activate only when a supermajority of hashrate backs them, not on a deadline set by developers. For the full story, read Kadena — on-chain voting for miners by KDA Community Edition.

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