Ethereum’s sicking update was put into operation at the Holesky Testnet on Monday, but could not end in the expected time.
Pin was activated in the Holesky network at 21:55 UTC (4:55 pm et), but did not initially end according to blockchain data.
The purpose is the state in which, once a transaction is confirmed and added to a block, it is immutable and cannot be reversed. A testnet is a network that copies a main block chain (in this case Ethereum), and is used to test updates or a new code before it goes to the main network.
It is not clear immediately why the sicking update did not end in Holesky. Ethereum developers were arguing on Monday about the Discordia Eth R&D channel what the problem could be.
This is not the first time that an update is not over in an Etheruem test network. In January 2024, when developers were testing the Dencun update, the hard fork did not initially end in Goerli’s net.
What is sin?
The red -fork pein combines 11 main updates, or “proposals for improvement of Ethereum” (EIP), in a single package. In the heart of this is EIP-7702, which is supposed to improve the user experience of cryptographic wallets. The proposal, which was scribbled by the co -founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Butein, in just 22 minutes, will allow the wallets to have some smart contract capabilities, as part of a broader strategy to bring an abstraction of accounts to Ethereum, a concept that makes the usability of the wallets a much less clumsy.
Another key proposal, EIP-7251, will allow validators to increase the maximum amount that can adhere from 32 to 2,048 ETH. It is assumed that the proposal relieves some of the technicalities that the validators faced in ETH today: those that support more than their 32 ETH have to extend that in multiple validators, which makes the process a discomfort. When lifting the maximum stake limit and combining those validators, it could accelerate the configuration process of new nodes.
Holesky is the first of the two trial needs that is executed through a tong simulation. The next test is supposed to occur in the sepolia testnet on March 5. But according to Christine Kim, research vice president at Galaxy, developers could delay it depending on today’s problem.
After Pina is launched in both tests, developers will dye on a final date to activate the Mainnet update.
Pectra was originally on the way to being Ethereum’s biggest update to date, and is the first big change in the block chain in almost a year. The developers decided that Pin was too ambitious, and agreed to divide the original package into two.
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