Ethereum Core developers decided to create a third TestNet, Hoodi to better prepare for PECTRA update, which was delayed at least at the end of April after the first two studies encountered several mistakes.
Hoodi Testnet will start on March 17, and the PECTRA update will be activated on March 26, developer Ethereum Foundation Tim Beiko he said After ethereum, the entire basic developer Call March 13.
If Pectra works smoothly on Hoodi without major problems, the main programmers can determine the release date of Pectra, just 30 days after Hoodi activation, said Beiko.
This would mean that Pectra could survive Ethereum Mainnet as early as April 25.
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Pectra, which combines features from the proposals of Prague and Electra, implements over 10 proposals of Ethereum improvements, which are mainly aimed at introducing greater functionality of Ethereum portfolios and improving the user’s experience.
It also includes scaling proposals to double the number of blob objects for the availability of data from three to six.
Pectra was initially to be launched at Ethereum Mainnet at the end of 2024, but she encountered repetitive delays due to problems with customer readiness and synchronization errors in the first two Ethereum tests, holes and sepolia.
Pectra was implemented on sepolia on March 5, but soon after, Ethereum programmers began to see error messages in their Geth nodes and empty blocks.
Galaxy Digital Deputy President for Research Christine Kim he said Hoodi would try to “imitate” Ethereum Mainnet as close as possible by launching a set of Walidators similar to the current Mainnet action.
That would See At least 20 million Staced-Ener (ETH) tests have spread in 11 clients’ teams and five Staking operators.
Source: Christine Kim
Beiko noticed that Pectra’s aspects can still be tested on sepolia and holes.
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The third TestNet appears when Ethereum Core developers agreed to implement the future improvements of the Ethereum protocol with a faster term during the meeting “all basic developers” on February 13.
Paradigm organized by the cryptocurrency company Venture Capital also called Ethereum Core developers to send faster protocol updates to achieve more milestone on the technical road map and maintain competitive advantage as a leading blockchain layer 1.
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