Since getting back from the Amphora merge workshop, shopper groups have been laborious 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 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 software builders, as previously explained, not a lot will change. Tooling which solely interacts with both the consensus or execution layer can also be largely unaffected. Infrastructure which is dependent upon each layers is more than likely to want to adapt to assist The Merge.
We suggest most tasks start testing and prototyping on Kintsugi to floor any potential points quickly. This manner, adjustments can extra simply be integrated in future shopper 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 replicate supported consensus <> execution layer shopper combos.
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 current “Eth1” shopper). Each layers keep 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 assist. If in case you have questions, encounter errors or want clarifications, they’re completely satisfied 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 listing of test scenarios for concepts on the right way to carry your testing to the subsequent degree.
Should you establish bugs or points with the specification, the most effective place to boost these is within the #merge-general channel of the Ethereum R&D Discord server. Should you’d quite not use Discord, different venues to boost such points are the specification repositories (consensus, execution, APIs), and Ethereum Magicians ✨.
Subsequent Steps
The Kintsugi testnet supplies 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 ultimate sequence of testnets can be launched. In parallel, testing efforts will proceed ramping up.
After this, current 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 desperate to comply with the progress at a extra granular degree, a mainnet readiness checklist is publicly accessible and recurrently up to date.
See you on Kintsugi 🍵!
