Hey, guess what? 🥁 Ethereum‘s Holesky testnet finally hit the finality milestone two whole weeks after the Pectra upgrade went live. Can you believe it?!
The testnet devs 🤓 claim they’ve solved the issues that delayed the process. Yeah, sure, we’ll see about that…
But wait, there’s more drama! Holesky’s sister testnet, Sepolia, faced its own finality fiasco 🎢 after an exploit on March 5. But don’t worry, they say it’s fixed now. 🙄
Remember the Pectra upgrade? The big one that came after The Merge? Well, it went live on February 24, and now, one of Ethereum’s largest testnets, Holesky, has achieved finality. Finally!
On March 10, at around 19.00 UTC, the Holesky testnet developers 🌟 announced they reached finality on Epoch 119,090. Over two-thirds of the validators gave their stamp of approval, locking transactions irreversibly within two epochs, or 13 minutes. The delay was apparently due to a pesky configuration bug in the client software, not the Pectra upgrade itself. Whew, dodged a bullet there!
This achievement is like the first step in a marathon 🏃♂️ towards integrating Pectra onto the main Ethereum network. If everything goes smoothly on the testnet trials, that is. Ethereum devs and the community are using these trial updates to squash bugs before they become a real headache. We wouldn’t want to mess up the main Ethereum blockchain, would we?
Danyal Hanif, Ethereum Product Lead at P2P.org, an ETH staking service, shared his thoughts on Holesky’s journey to finality:
“We’re assuming a lot of the Ethereum Ecosystem is testing Pectra on Holesky, which had some hiccups that seem to be resolved now. As for the mainnet launch date, we’re still playing the waiting game with an expected mid-April reveal.”
The Holesky dev team spent the last two weeks fixing the configuration bug in the client software. Now, they’re stabilizing nodes and pruning old states to get the testnet back up and running for more Pectra testing fun!
What’s the Deal with Pectra Anyway?
Pectra is here to tackle some long-standing issues on the Ethereum blockchain, like sky-high transaction fees, the complexity of staking for newbies, and the max ETH lock-up for validators. The goal? A faster, more scalable, and user-friendly blockchain. 🚀
One of the cool features is allowing users to pay for transactions and signatures with various cryptocurrencies, not just ETH. Plus, Pectra introduces validators with Max Effective Balances (MEB) of up to 2048 ETH. Right now, validators can only stake up to 32 ETH, but with Pectra, they can stake up to 2048 ETH, reducing operational costs and boosting profitability. Cha-ching! 💰
Alex Loktev, CRO at P2P.org, explained how Pectra will level up Ethereum users:
“Raising the staking cap from 32 ETH to 2048 ETH will make staking more flexible and improve Ethereum’s overall security. Big players managing loads of ETH will jump on the staking train, speeding up block finalization and enhancing consensus efficiency.”
The Pectra upgrade was supposed to launch on the mainnet in early March 2025, but the community hit the brakes 🛑 to give developers more time to thoroughly test the upgrade after the Holesky and Sepolia testnet debacles. Better safe than sorry, right?
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