As Ethereum 2.0 progresses, the Merge on the Ropston testnet on Wednesday was mainly successful.
Client pairs and validating block proposals still have a few issues, but ETH developers have promised that improvements are on the way.
The community was also requested to assist in spotting and reporting any bugs.
Before The Merge is released on Ethereum’s mainnet later this year, the Goerli and Sepolia Testnets are the following steps.
Despite the planned conversion to a Proof-of-Stake consensus method, the price of ETH remains around $2,000.
After The Merge on Ropsten on Wednesday, Ethereum’s move from a Proof-of-Work to a Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism is one step closer. Although a few issues were discovered, the test was overall successful.
The Ropsten network just merged!
— Bitfly (@etherchain_org) June 8, 2022
One of the last testnets until we merge on the #Ethereum mainnet🐼https://t.co/3lvlUfcAT4 pic.twitter.com/knd1IBlD8A
A few clients experienced timeouts during block production and failed to validate transactions, according to a core developer on Twitter. According to Tim Beiko’s tweets, fixes for the problem are already in the works.
While tests and monitoring on Ropsten continue, ETH engineers have urged the community to help by keeping a watch out for issues.
Does this mean there were no bugs? Almost..
— parithosh | 🐼👉👈🐼 (@parithosh_j) June 8, 2022
While we have proposals (vital for consensus), some client pairs timeout while building a block and propose with 0 transactions in them. This would affect the throughput of the chain. We saw this in shadow forks too! Fixes incoming!
The Merge simulation on the testnet represents an important milestone as developers move closer to a mainnet launch. Ropsten is one of the oldest testnets on the Ethereum network, and the Merge simulation on the testnet marks a significant moment as developers move closer to a mainnet launch. Ropsten’s code was coupled with code from the Beacon chain during the test to see if block production and validation would go well during the transition.
The Beacon chain is a sister chain that runs alongside Ethereum’s main network and uses an optimized PoS consensus mechanism.
The Merge will take place on two critical public testnets in the coming months, ahead of the mainnet launch, which is planned to take place between August and October 2022. Within the following few weeks, Goerli and Sepolia will be subjected to tests.
According to Tim Beiko’s tweet, other testnets, such as Kiln, would be shut down before the end of the year.
With Ropsten now on PoS, friendly reminder that many testnets will be shut down by EOY:
— Tim Beiko | timbeiko.eth 🐼 (@TimBeiko) June 8, 2022
- Kiln: shut down soon after mainnet merge ❌
- Rinkeby: won't be merged, shut down by EOY ❌
- Ropsten: merged today, shut down by EOY ❌
Goerli & Sepolia will be maintained post-merge 😁
