Ethereums Game-Changing Merge Is Almost Here As Devs Test First Mainnet Shadow Fork ⋆ ZyCrypto - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
Today, April 11, Ethereum developers have successfully launched the first-ever mainet Proof of stake (PoS) shadow fork even as the “merge” beckons. According to Marius van der Wijden, an Ethereum developer, christened as the “mainet-shadow-fork-1,” the test which was conducted alongside Ethereum 2.0 beacon testnet is the latest and most symbolic step so far in the switch from PoW to PoS. The shadow fork entails stress testing assumptions around existing testnets and/or mainet with regard to syncing and state growth in the run-up to the merge. As of writing, the team has already “noticed some seemingly minor issues” with various core implementation nodes on the Ethereum network which it seeks to optimize over the next few weeks. On March 15, the dev team launched the Kiln execution layer under proof-of-work in parallel to a Beacon Chain runing proof-of-stake. The Kiln testnet is aimed at allowing the community to practice runing their nodes, deploying contracts, and testing infrastructure in a bid to help the community get a sense of the post-merger world. Kiln is now runing entirely under proof-of-stake. Before Kiln, there was Kintsugi, a merge testnet named after the Japanese art of breaking pottery and fixing it using gold, which makes it stronger and