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ACDT2026-03-30_076

AllCoreDevs - Testing #076

2026-03-30 5 decisions 346 transcript lines

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Call summary

Targets
  • April 1 - Ball DevNet 3 launch (optimistic) - 00:14:46
  • March 31 - EPBS DevNet 1 launch - 00:18:07
  • April 15 - Glamsterdam DevNet 0 (fallback: April 22) - 00:24:03
  • April 13 - Next ACD Testing call - 00:43:34
Decisions
  • ETH/70 optional for Ball DevNet 3; not required without gas limit EIP - 00:09:50
  • EPBS DevNet 1 launches tomorrow with Alpha 4 consensus spec - 00:18:07
  • Glamsterdam DevNet 0 will not include new EIPs beyond Ball+EPBS merge - 00:24:50
  • External builder API must be tested in isolation before Ball+EPBS merge - 00:27:33
  • Next week's ACD Testing call (April 6) cancelled for Easter Monday - 00:42:48
Highlights
  • Epbs Updates:
    • ·EPBS DevNet 1 launching tomorrow with Alpha 4 spec - 00:18:07
    • ·Lighthouse: Alpha 4 spec merging tomorrow; Checkpoint Sync by end of week - 00:20:21
    • ·Nimbus: Alpha 4 upgrade ready by Thursday/Friday with Checkpoint Sync - 00:22:49
    • ·External builder API testing required before merging EPBS with Ball - 00:26:40
  • Infrastructure:
    • ·Proposal preference SSE event needed for external builder implementation - 00:32:22
    • ·New beacon API for envelope creation from beacon block/payload/requests - 00:33:19
    • ·Validator registration deprecated; moving to proposal preferences in same epoch - 00:36:40
  • Testing Progress:
    • ·Ball DevNet 3: EIP-8037 (2D gas) causing orphaned blocks across clients - 00:11:01
    • ·Geth/Nimbus: blocks can exceed gas limits in 2D accounting - 00:12:06
    • ·New Amsterdam test coverage released covering all EIPs - 00:13:12
    • ·Ball DevNet 3 launch target: April 1st (optimistic) - 00:14:46
  • Glamsterdam Planning:
    • ·Glamsterdam DevNet 0: merge Ball DevNet 3 + EPBS DevNet 1 - 00:24:03
    • ·No new EIPs for Glamsterdam DevNet 0; focus on stability - 00:24:50
    • ·ELs need one change: forced reorg on FCU for non-tip canonical blocks - 00:29:24
  • Fork Status And Schedule:
    • ·Blob DevNet Zero: Prysm and Lighthouse trunk-ready by end of April - 00:06:06
    • ·300K validators to run Prysm/Lighthouse with partial cells implementation - 00:06:26
    • ·EIP-8136 (partial cells) proposed for inclusion in Glamsterdam - 00:07:15
    • ·ETH/70 required for Glamsterdam if gas limit exceeds 80M - 00:08:00
    • ·Glamsterdam DevNet 0 target: April 15 (fallback April 22) - 00:24:03
Action Items
  • All EL teams - Assign one person per client team to coordinate on EIP-8037 - 00:13:50
  • CL teams (Lodestar, Teku, Grandine) - Push EPBS DevNet 1 branches and ping Barnabas when ready - 00:19:32
  • All CL teams - Review proposal preference SSE event PR (beacon-APIs #593) - 00:32:22
  • All CL teams - Review envelope creation API PR (beacon-APIs #584) - 00:33:19

Key decisions

  • ETH/70 optional for Ball DevNet 3; not required without gas limit EIP

  • EPBS DevNet 1 launches tomorrow with Alpha 4 consensus spec

    EPBS DevNet 1launching with Alpha 4 consensus spec
  • Glamsterdam DevNet 0 will not include new EIPs beyond Ball+EPBS merge

    Glamsterdam DevNet 0will not include new EIPs beyond Ball+EPBS merge
  • External builder API must be tested in isolation before Ball+EPBS merge

    must be tested in isolation before Ball+EPBS merge
  • Next week's ACD Testing call (April 6) cancelled for Easter Monday

    cancelled for Easter Monday

EIPs discussed