According to the All Core Devs (ACD) meeting on January 5, 2023, Ethereum developers are preparing to implement a public testnet for the highly anticipated Shanghai hard fork in February 2023, with the mainnet being deployed. tentatively scheduled for March. Core Ethereum developers emphasized that staking withdrawals are a priority and code related to changes to the EVM Object Format, or EOF, has been removed from Shanghai to ensure the focus remains on staking withdrawals.
Participation Retirement Priority: Shanghai Public Testnet Deployment Scheduled for February, Hard Fork Tentatively Set for March
During the first week of December 2022, Bitcoin.com News reported on the 151st Ethereum Developer Meeting, and the programmers recently wrapped up the 152nd meeting on January 5, 2023. The meeting focused primarily on the removal of the Shanghai EOF implementation, and the developers decided not to review any EOF-related Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) until the Shanghai hard fork is complete. .
Both Galaxy Digital Research Associate Christine Kim and Ethereum Lead Developer Tim Beiko summarized ADC meeting. “On the Shanghai front, a first development network with all customer combinations was created just before Christmas,” Beiko saying after the conference. “While everyone is running, some pairs have more problems than others.”
Galaxy research associate explained Devops programmer Barnabus Busa updated the team on testing staking ETH withdrawals. “He said the current developer testnet for Shanghai, which launched just before Christmas, has already progressed to block 4,000,” Kim said. “All combinations of EL and CL clients are currently running on this testnet. Some combinations of customers like Teku-Erigon and Lighthouse-Erigon are experiencing issues.”
Withdrawing the staked ether has been a big concern for the community, and many want to know when it will happen. Ethereum developers have suggested that a new testnet will be deployed next month, with the Shanghai hard fork tentatively scheduled to go live in March.
At the time of writing, there is 15.96 million ether locked in the beacon escrow contract. Also, the network is only a few days away from arriving 500,000 validators. The Shanghai hard fork will be the next major update for the Ethereum development team since The Merge.
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