Ethereum developers have officially established the test dates for pein, the first network update in 11 months, which puts it on the way for a possible release date of April.
Pectra will contain a variety of improvements, with a special approach to wallets and validators, but occurs in a period of high scrutiny for Ethereum, which has recently faced the pressure of its community to renform and reach competitors.
Ethereum’s central builders decided Thursday during their biweekly “all the main developers” to start trying on February 26 at the Holesky Testnet, with a follow -up test in the sepolia testnet of the network scheduled for March 5 .
If these tests are successful, the developers will meet again on March 6 to determine when to launch the update officially. According to Tim Beiko, the protocol support leader at the Ethereum Foundation, developers expect the update to reach Mainnet in early April.
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Pin, a portmanteau that represents two separate updates, Prague and Electra, includes eight main improvements for the second largest block chain. Among the most anticipated is EIP-7702, which is supposed to improve the user experience of cryptographic wallets. The idea is part of a broader blockchain trend called account abstraction, which covers a series of features aimed at making the use of wallets less clumsy (for example, allowing users to pay gas rates in coins other than Eth). In this case, the Etheruem addresses known as an externally property account (EOAS), which includes most user -controlled cryptography wallets, will be reconfigured to admit the functionality of the intelligent contract, opening the door for the developers of Wallets offer a variety of quality improvisations. to its users.
Another important sirty feature, EIP-7251, will allow validators to increase the amount that can adhere, from 32 to 2,048 eth. The change is supposed to help the great validators consolidate their node operations (currently the commitment for more than 32 ETH requires using multiple nodes). It will also help to accelerate the configuration process of a new node: today’s system has led to a week’s tails so that the validators turn a new infrastructure.
The Ethereum community has faced an identity crisis in recent weeks. His native token, Ethher (ETH), has a lower performance against other cryptocurrencies, and the networks of competitors like Solana have caught the attention and talent of the Ethereum ecosystem, the first programmable block chain and even the most trafficked. In the midst of the controversy, largely directed to the Etheruem Foundation, which coordinates the updates of the chain and is currently experiencing important leadership, developers expect pecto to help put the network on a more stable base.
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