Ethereum developers are moving toward the next major network upgrade, Prague and Electra, collectively known as Pectra. This upgrade will involve significant changes to both the Execution and Consensus layers on the mainnet. Given the complexities of testing and the scope of changes, including 11 Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs), the developers recently decided to reduce the scope of the Pectra upgrade. Some EIPs have now been shifted to the upcoming Fusaka(a combination of Fulu and Osaka) upgrade. Currently, the testing team is working on Pectra Devnet 6.
Holesky testnet support ends in September as Ethereum transitions to Hoodi for improved validator testing & Pectra upgrade readiness.
Read more →Hoodi is Ethereum’s new testnet, designed to replace Holesky with a mainnet-like environment for testing Pectra, validator exits, & staking operations.
Read more →A sneak peek at how the Ethereum community came together to fix Holesky after two weeks of chaos.
Read more →The Pectra testnet activation revealed issues in clients with deposit contract configurations changes on Ethereum testnets. While Sepolia's recovery was straightforward and the network has since fully recovered, Holesky experienced extensive inactivity leaks as pa...
Read more →A sneak peek at how the Ethereum community came together to fix Holesky after two weeks of chaos.
Read more →Network Upgrades and EIPs Relationship Graph
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