Since getting back from the Amphora merge workshop, shopper groups have been exhausting 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 growth 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 determined by 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, modifications can extra simply be included 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 present “Eth1” shopper). Each layers keep impartial API endpoints and peer connections to deal with their respective position. For a full overview of Ethereum’s post-merge structure, see this post.
Help & Suggestions
The EthStaker neighborhood is on the market to supply Kintsugi assist. When you’ve got questions, encounter errors or want clarifications, they’re completely satisfied to supply 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 learn how to carry your testing to the subsequent degree.
In the event you establish 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. In the event you’d quite 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 neighborhood a chance to experiment with post-merge Ethereum and start to establish any points. As soon as suggestions has been included into the shopper sofware and the specs, a remaining collection of testnets will probably be launched. In parallel, testing efforts will proceed ramping up.
After this, present 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 out there and frequently up to date.
See you on Kintsugi 🍵!
