Since getting back from the Amphora merge workshop, shopper groups have been onerous 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 shopper growth and UX proceed to be refined, we encourage the group 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 be largely unaffected. Infrastructure which depends upon each layers is most probably to wish to adapt to help The Merge.
We advocate most initiatives start testing and prototyping on Kintsugi to floor any potential points quickly. This manner, adjustments 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 mirror supported consensus <> execution layer shopper mixtures.
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 preserve impartial API endpoints and peer connections to deal with their respective function. For a full overview of Ethereum’s post-merge structure, see this post.
Assist & Suggestions
The EthStaker group is accessible to supply Kintsugi help. In case 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. Test ou this record of test scenarios for concepts on tips on how to deliver your testing to the subsequent degree.
Should 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. Should you’d somewhat 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 group a possibility 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 ultimate collection of testnets shall be launched. In parallel, testing efforts will proceed ramping up.
After this, present long-lived testnets will run by means of The Merge. As soon as these have upgraded and are secure, subsequent up is Ethereum mainnet’s transition to proof of stake 🎊.
For these wanting to comply with the progress at a extra granular degree, a mainnet readiness checklist is publicly out there and repeatedly up to date.
See you on Kintsugi 🍵!
