Since coming back from the Amphora merge workshop, shopper groups have been onerous at work implementing the newest variations of merge specs and testing them on devnets.
After 4 ephemeral devnets, Kintsugi ????, a longer-lived public testnet, is now dwell!
Though shopper improvement and UX proceed to be refined, we encourage the neighborhood to start out 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 determined by each layers is probably to wish to adapt to help The Merge.
We advocate most tasks start testing and prototyping on Kintsugi to floor any potential points quickly. This manner, modifications can extra simply be integrated in future shopper and specification variations.
Utilizing Kintsugi
Try 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 shopper mixtures.
As a reminder, post-merge, a full Ethereum shopper is comprised of each a Beacon / Consensus node and an Execution engine (dealt with by an present “Eth1” shopper). Each layers preserve unbiased API endpoints and peer connections to deal with their respective function. For a full overview of Ethereum’s post-merge structure, see this post.
Assist & Suggestions
The EthStaker neighborhood is accessible to offer Kintsugi help. When you’ve got questions, encounter errors or want clarifications, they’re comfortable to offer help within the #testingthemerge???? channel of their Discord server.
With the launch of Kintsugi, we hope the neighborhood will get concerned #TestingTheMerge. Test ou this checklist of test scenarios for concepts on how you can convey your testing to the subsequent degree.
In the event you establish bugs or points with the specification, one of the best place to boost these is within the #merge-general channel of the Ethereum R&D Discord server. In the event you’d somewhat not use Discord, different venues to boost such points are the specification repositories (consensus, execution, APIs), and Ethereum Magicians ✨.
Subsequent Steps
The Kintsugi testnet gives the neighborhood a chance to experiment with post-merge Ethereum and start to establish any points. As soon as suggestions has been integrated into the shopper sofware and the specs, a closing sequence of testnets might be launched. In parallel, testing efforts will proceed ramping up.
After this, present long-lived testnets will run by The Merge. As soon as these have upgraded and are steady, subsequent up is Ethereum mainnet’s transition to proof of stake ????.
For these wanting to observe the progress at a extra granular degree, a mainnet readiness checklist is publicly accessible and often up to date.
See you on Kintsugi ????!
