Finalized no. 34 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

tl;dr

• Kiln🧱🔥 is up, check it out
• #TestingTheMerge is in full swing. Do your half, become involved!

Kiln🧱🔥 is up, test it out

One week in the past, the Kiln🧱🔥 testnet went by means of the Merge transition to evolve from a PoW testnet to a totally practical PoS testnet.

For those who run validators on Mainnet, now could be the time to check your post-merge setups. Leap into the Kiln landing page and dig in.

Critically. It is time.

#TestingTheMerge is in full swing. Become involved!

The transition from PoW to PoS on Kiln was not with out problem. On account of an encoding error, Prysm was producing invalid blocks, whereas a few of the execution purchasers had different errors associated to sync through the transition.

Though purchasers at the moment are characteristic full and nearing production-readiness, minor software program bugs are nonetheless popping up right here and there. Whereas these will not be basic points with the core specs and analysis, this factors to one thing we have been saying for fairly a very long time — safety and testing would be the lengthy tail defining the final word Merge launch date.

To this finish, consumer groups, safety researchers, and testers are doubling down on testing on all fronts for the following 4+ weeks in preparation for upgrading the general public testnets. These efforts embrace hive testing, Kurtosis testnet builds, Antithesis protection guided community fuzzing, shadow-forking Goerli and Mainnet, guide code evaluate, fuzzing throughout the stack, enhancing consensus exams, and extra!

On the fuzzing entrance, we need to give an enormous shout-out to Blockdaemon for offering the Merge testing effort with $900k in IBM Cloud credit! Fuzzing is all about throwing extra assets on the downside than your adversary, so with these credit we’re assured that we are able to shake out all of the bugs there are to search out. Thanks 🙏

Become involved!

The #TestingTheMerge effort is in full pressure. Whether or not it’s operating a validator on Kiln, testing your developer workflow, writing a tutorial, enhancing documentation, or creating a brand new unique fuzzer, each👏final👏bit👏counts👏!

That is the most important blockchain improve ever. Interval. So do your half to make it a hit — be part of us within the Eth R&D Discord within the Merge #testing channel 🚀