---
eip: 606
title: "Hardfork Meta: Homestead"
author: Alex Beregszaszi
type: Meta
status: Final
created: 2017-04-23
requires: 2, 7
---

## Abstract

This specifies the changes included in the hard fork named Homestead.

## Specification

- Codename: Homestead
- Activation:
  - Block >= 1,150,000 on Mainnet
  - Block >= 494,000 on Morden
  - Block >= 0 on future testnets
- Included EIPs:
  - [EIP 2](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-2.md) (Homestead Hard-fork Changes)
  - [EIP 7](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-7.md) (DELEGATECALL)
  - [EIP 8](https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-8.md) (Networking layer: devp2p Forward Compatibility Requirements for Homestead)

## References

1. https://blog.ethereum.org/2016/02/29/homestead-release/

## Copyright

Copyright and related rights waived via [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).