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author: alex-grintsvayg
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title: 'HF1807: A Hard Fork on July 9th, 2018'
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date: '2018-06-05 07:00:00'
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---
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## What's Changing
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LBRY is announcing hard fork HF1807. This fork will extend how long claims are valid before they expire.
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Currently, claims expire after about 1.5 years unless they are updated. After the fork takes effect, claims will expire after 10 years.
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Existing claims that have not expired will have their expiration extended to 10 years.
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Any claims that expire before the fork takes effect will stay expired. We will republish them manually to preserve access to that content.
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Only claim expiration is changing. The block rewards, token distribution, hash algorithms, etc. are all staying the same.
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The fork will take effect at block 400155, which will occur on July 9th, 2018 at around noon EST.
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## What You Should Do
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For most people, nothing needs to be done. The fork will take effect transparently and won't change your experience of LBRY.
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**If you are running a full node or mining pool, upgrade to the latest version of lbrycrd as soon as possible**.
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Pre-built binaries are available on [the releases page](https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd/releases). You will need version 0.12.2.0 or higher.
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We will post updates about this fork to this page. If you want to be notified of news about this fork and future forks, please join the [fork mailing list](/forklist).
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## Fork Details
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The fork is explained in detail in [this pull request](https://github.com/lbryio/lbrycrd/pull/137), including the relevant code.
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Please review the details and the code if you are able to.
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We pay significant bounties for any bugs found in blockchain code, especially fork-related code. Email grin@lbry.io if you wish to discuss.
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