Popular altcoin Avalanche (AVAX) is preparing for the Helicon update, which will bring significant changes to the network’s structure and staking economy.
According to the schedule announced by the Avalanche team, Helicon will be activated on the mainnet on September 22, 2026, at 6:00 PM Turkish time. The update was previously deployed on the Fuji testnet on July 28.
A total of six Avalanche Community Proposals will be implemented, including Helicon. These include a perpetual execution system for C-Chain, automatically renewing staking, a dynamic minimum gas fee, and a reduction in the minimum staking duration.
The update will also increase the expected uptime for validators and make changes to the staking reward curve. ACP-285, which will change the reward system, will be implemented gradually after Helicon is activated.
The continuous execution feature aims to increase C-Chain’s transaction capacity by allowing transactions to be prepared during idle times between blocks. The dynamic minimum gas price will also ensure that the fee floor is adjusted based on network demand.
Mainnet validators need to upgrade to AvalancheGo v1.15.0 before the hard fork. Validators that fail to update may not function properly on the network after Helicon is enabled.
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