Ethereum's Second Buggy 'Pectra' Test Could Lead to a Delayed Upgrade
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Ethereum's Second Buggy 'Pectra' Test Could Lead to a Delayed Upgrade
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Ethereum’s Sepolia test for the Pectra upgrade initially appeared successful but later encountered empty block issues due to a misconfiguration in Sepolia’s permissioned deposit contract. This follows Holesky’s test failure in February, leading some developers, including Christine Kim (Galaxy Digital VP of Research), to call for a delay in Pectra’s mainnet launch.
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9:21am, Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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Ethereum’s Sepolia test for the Pectra upgrade encountered issues with empty blocks
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Both issues resulted from misconfigurations with the test rather than with Pectra itself
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I do think the incidents on both the Holesky and Sepolia testnets warrant a delay to Pectra mainnet activation
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