Since getting back from the Amphora merge workshop, consumer 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 reside!
Though consumer growth 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 software builders, as beforehand defined, not a lot will change. Tooling which solely interacts with both the consensus or execution layer can also be largely unaffected. Infrastructure which is determined by each layers is probably to want 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 consumer and specification variations.
Utilizing Kintsugi
Take a look at the Kintsugi touchdown web page for details about interacting with the Kintsugi community. You will 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 unbiased API endpoints and peer connections to deal with their respective position. For a full overview of Ethereum’s post-merge structure, see this submit.
Help & Suggestions
The EthStaker group is accessible to offer Kintsugi help. When you’ve got questions, encounter errors or want clarifications, they’re glad to offer help within the #testingthemerge🐼 channel of their Discord server.
With the launch of Kintsugi, we hope the group will get concerned #TestingTheMerge. Examine ou this listing of check situations for concepts on easy methods to convey your testing to the following degree.
If you happen to determine 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. If you happen to’d moderately not use Discord, different venues to lift such points are the specification repositories (consensus, execution, APIs), and Ethereum Magicians ✨.
Subsequent Steps
The Kintsugi testnet supplies the group a chance to experiment with post-merge Ethereum and start to determine any points. As soon as suggestions has been integrated into the consumer sofware and the specs, a last 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 secure, subsequent up is Ethereum mainnet’s transition to proof of stake 🎊.
For these desirous to observe the progress at a extra granular degree, a mainnet readiness guidelines is publicly accessible and commonly up to date.
See you on Kintsugi 🍵!
