Algorand deploys version 4.0 on January 15, 2025

01/14/2025 Protocol Release

Algorand deploys version 4.0 on January 15, 2025

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Algorand deployed version 4.0 of its protocol on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. The upgrade process was expected to take approximately one week to complete.

Staking rewards become active once the consensus upgrade finishes and 90% of the stake has voted. John Woods, posting on the forum the day before deployment, laid out this sequence.

Sources that covered it

Forum: General John Woods: Algorand will deploy version 4.0 tomorrow (Wednesday 15th Jan 2025)

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