Since coming back from the Amphora merge workshop, consumer groups have been onerous at work implementing the most recent variations of merge specs and testing them on devnets.
After 4 ephemeral devnets, Kintsugi 🍵, a longer-lived public testnet, is now reside!
Though consumer improvement and UX proceed to be refined, we encourage the group to begin utilizing Kintsugi to familiarize themselves with Ethereum in a post-merge context. For utility builders, as previously explained, not a lot will change. Tooling which solely interacts with both the consensus or execution layer can be largely unaffected. Infrastructure which is dependent upon each layers is almost certainly to wish to adapt to help The Merge.
We suggest most initiatives start testing and prototyping on Kintsugi to floor any potential points quickly. This manner, modifications can extra simply be included in future consumer and specification variations.
Utilizing Kintsugi
Take a look at the Kintsugi landing page for details about interacting with the Kintsugi community. You may discover community settings, a faucet, a block explorer and a JSON-RPC endpoint, together with documentation up to date to mirror supported consensus <> execution layer consumer mixtures.
As a reminder, post-merge, a full Ethereum consumer is comprised of each a Beacon / Consensus node and an Execution engine (dealt with by an present “Eth1” consumer). Each layers keep impartial API endpoints and peer connections to deal with their respective position. For a full overview of Ethereum’s post-merge structure, see this post.
Assist & Suggestions
The EthStaker group is on the market to supply Kintsugi help. When you have questions, encounter errors or want clarifications, they’re pleased to supply help within the #testingthemerge🐼 channel of their Discord server.
With the launch of Kintsugi, we hope the group will get concerned #TestingTheMerge. Verify ou this record of test scenarios for concepts on convey your testing to the subsequent degree.
In the event you establish bugs or points with the specification, the perfect place to lift these is within the #merge-general channel of the Ethereum R&D Discord server. In the event you’d fairly not use Discord, different venues to lift such points are the specification repositories (consensus, execution, APIs), and Ethereum Magicians ✨.
Subsequent Steps
The Kintsugi testnet offers the group a possibility to experiment with post-merge Ethereum and start to establish any points. As soon as suggestions has been included into the consumer sofware and the specs, a closing sequence of testnets shall be launched. In parallel, testing efforts will proceed ramping up.
After this, present long-lived testnets will run by way of The Merge. As soon as these have upgraded and are steady, subsequent up is Ethereum mainnet’s transition to proof of stake 🎊.
For these desirous to comply with the progress at a extra granular degree, a mainnet readiness checklist is publicly accessible and frequently up to date.
See you on Kintsugi 🍵!
