Since coming back from the Amphora merge workshop, consumer groups have been laborious at work implementing the most recent variations of merge specs and testing them on devnets.
After 4 ephemeral devnets, Kintsugi 🍵, a longer-lived public testnet, is now reside!
Though consumer improvement and UX proceed to be refined, we encourage the group to begin 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 be largely unaffected. Infrastructure which will depend on each layers is almost certainly to wish to adapt to assist The Merge.
We suggest most initiatives start testing and prototyping on Kintsugi to floor any potential points quickly. This fashion, adjustments can extra simply be integrated in future consumer and specification variations.
Utilizing Kintsugi
Take a look at the Kintsugi landing page for details about interacting with the Kintsugi community. You will 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 consumer mixtures.
As a reminder, post-merge, a full Ethereum consumer is comprised of each a Beacon / Consensus node and an Execution engine (dealt with by an present “Eth1” consumer). Each layers preserve 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.
Help & Suggestions
The EthStaker group is out there to supply Kintsugi assist. When you have questions, encounter errors or want clarifications, they’re pleased to supply help within the #testingthemerge🐼 channel of their Discord server.
With the launch of Kintsugi, we hope the group will get concerned #TestingTheMerge. Verify ou this listing of test scenarios for concepts on methods to carry your testing to the following degree.
In case 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. In case you’d fairly not use Discord, different venues to boost such points are the specification repositories (consensus, execution, APIs), and Ethereum Magicians ✨.
Subsequent Steps
The Kintsugi testnet gives the group a possibility to experiment with post-merge Ethereum and start to establish any points. As soon as suggestions has been integrated into the consumer sofware and the specs, a remaining sequence of testnets might be launched. In parallel, testing efforts will proceed ramping up.
After this, present long-lived testnets will run by way of The Merge. As soon as these have upgraded and are steady, subsequent up is Ethereum mainnet’s transition to proof of stake 🎊.
For these desirous 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 🍵!
