Ethereum Devs Confirm April 12 For Shanghai Upgrade
On March 28th, the Ethereum protocol support team posted an update on the mainnet Shapella launch date. They confirmed that the hard fork will occur on April 12, two weeks from today. Shapella is the new name for the Shanghai upgrade as it combines changes to the execution layer (Shanghai), the consensus layer (Capella), and the Engine API. The date announcement comes after a smooth Goerli testnet transition. Furthermore, bug bounty rewards have been doubled until April 5 for those seeking Shapella vulnerabilities. Its happening ???? Shapella is scheduled on mainnet for epoch 194048, scheduled for 22:27:35 UTC on Apr. 12, 2023 ???? Client releases compatible with the upgrade are listed in the announcement below — timbeiko.eth ☀️ (@TimBeiko) Marso 28, 2023 Ethereum Clients Are Ready The blog post clarified that the upgrade enables validators to withdraw their stake from the Beacon Chain back to the execution layer. “It also introduces new functionality to both the execution and consensus layer,” it added. All of the main Ethereum clients, including Lighthouse, Lodestar, Nimbus, Prysm, and Teku, now support the Shapella upgrade. EthStaker and Ethereum Cat Herders will be hosting a Shapella viewing party starting shortly before the upgrade goes live so people can follow it in real time. There have been concerns