Overview

MegaETH network upgrade history — hardfork timeline from MiniRex through Rex4 with activation dates and behavioral deltas.

This section documents each MegaETH network upgrade, describing what changed, why, and what developers need to know.

Hardfork History

0 (Genesis)

Dual gas model, multidimensional resource limits, gas detention, 98/100 gas forwarding, SELFDESTRUCT disabled, system contracts (Oracle, Timestamp)

MiniRex1

N/A

Rollback: reverted to Equivalence spec (maps to EQUIVALENCE). The MiniRex features were deactivated on the network; no chain reorg or state rollback occurred. Contracts deployed during MiniRex remained on-chain.

MiniRex2

N/A

Restoration: re-activated MiniRex spec (maps to MINI_REX). All MiniRex features (dual gas model, resource limits, gas detention) were re-enabled.

1764694618 (Dec 2, 2025, 16:56 UTC)

Transaction intrinsic storage gas, revised storage gas economics (base × (multiplier − 1)), consistent CALL-like opcode behavior, state growth tracking

1766147599 (Dec 19, 2025, 12:33 UTC)

Fix: compute gas limit reset between transactions

1770116400 (Feb 3, 2026, 11:00 UTC)

SELFDESTRUCT re-enabled (EIP-6780arrow-up-right), KeylessDeploy system contract

1771380000 (Feb 18, 2026, 02:00 UTC)

Oracle gas cap raised to 20M, SLOAD-based oracle detention, keyless deploy compute gas tracking

Upcoming (Unstable)

Per-call-frame resource budgets, relative gas detention, MegaAccessControl, MegaLimitControl, sandbox environment inheritance.

Rex4 is the current unstable specification and is subject to change before activation.

How to Read These Pages

Each upgrade page follows a consistent structure:

  • Summary — What changed and why

  • What Changed — Previous vs new behavior for each change

  • Developer Impact — What you need to care about

  • Safety and Compatibility — Backward-compatibility boundaries and failure-mode differences

  • References — Links to the normative spec and related documentation

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