After two ties, the largest update of Ethereum since 2024, the developers of the Network decided Thursday to postpone the update waiting for more tests.
Pectra, which was planned when Ethereum faced assembly pressure to compete with other blockchains, contains an update list designed to improve the speed and ease of use of Ethereum.
When the developers signed the dates of the test for pein in January, they agreed to use the call on Thursday, March 6 to establish a date for the pert to live in the main one. If everything went well, the expectation was that the update would be made in March.
The postponement decision occurred after the sicking tests on Holesky and sepolia, the two main test networks of Ethereum, both found errors. In both cases, the problems resulted from erroneous configurations with the test instead of problems with one’s own sicking.
In normal circumstances, these two tests would have been enough. However, due to errors, developers determined on Thursday that Pin should undergo additional tests before the main network of Ethereum becomes.
“It seems that we need more information before we can really establish a specific date,” said Alex Stokes, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation who directed Thursday’s call.
As for the next steps, the developers decided on Thursday to create a “shadow fork” of the Holesky test network, which has been inoperable since the last tong update. The configuration problems of the tong test forced many of Holsky’s validators out of line, which means that the network can no longer record transactions correctly.
A shadow fork is a temporary copy of a blockchain network that is ruled out once it is no longer necessary. Holesky is a vital proof area for Ethereum developers, and a shadow fork will allow certain key interested parties, such as swimming pools and application developers, to test their code in pein while the main Holesky network is being fixed.
“Anyone who wants to try in Holesky can try there,” Stokes recapitulated in Thursday’s call. Meanwhile, developers will work so that the main Holesky network will work again, which will require 67% of the validators that execute the network to reconfigure their systems and be online again.
Once Holeksy can end once again, which means that he is able to add and register transactions as usual, “we will have more data to make a call in the next steps around Mainnet and launch sicking,” Stokes said. Developers say that Holesky will normally operate around March 28.
Pein improvements
Pin is configured to be one of the most ambitious changes of the blockchain to date, with the aim of improving the ease of use for both users and network operators.
One of the main additions of the update, EIP-7702, gives cryptographic wallets some smart contract capabilities. The change is intended to move more towards the abstraction of the account, a technological characteristic that allows wallet builders to add easy to use features, such as the ability to pay rates with different currencies of Ethereum’s Native Eth.
Another key proposal, EIP-7251, will relieve some headaches for Ethereum operators or “validators.” The change will increase the maximum amount of ETH a validator can participate from 32 to 2,048, which means that those who have more than 32 eth will no longer need to divide their assets among so many nodes. The change is intended to improve the convenience for validators and reduce the amount of time that a new node takes.
The postponement of Thursday occurred since the members of the community had already expressed frustration with the Ethereum Foundation, the non -profit organization that manages the updates of the Ethereum development network.
The critics of the Foundation argue that Ethereum has not been able to develop a cohesive road map that helps him compete with ascending networks like Solana. They indicate the lagged price of Ether (ETH) as a sign of trust decreasing from the market in general.
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