Holesky Restores Finality After Two Weeks of Issues
Ethereum’s Holesky testnet has successfully regained finality, ending a two-week-long disruption that delayed Pectra upgrade testing.
Key Highlights:
- On Monday, March 11, Holesky achieved finality at Epoch 119090, with over two-thirds of validators participating.
- The delay stemmed from a configuration bug in client software, not the Pectra upgrade itself.
Importance of Finality in Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake System
In Ethereum’s proof-of-stake network, finality ensures transactions are permanently confirmed and irreversible. Normally, this occurs within two epochs (13 minutes), but the Holesky testnet failed to finalize for weeks, delaying Pectra’s research and development timeline.
Sepolia Testnet Faced Similar Challenges
Ethereum developers also deployed Pectra on the Sepolia testnet, but it ran into issues when an attacker exploited an edge case.
Key Highlights:
- The attacker sent zero-value token transfers to a deposit contract, causing empty blocks.
- Developers worked on a coordinated fix, ensuring Pectra testing could resume.
What’s Next for Pectra?
With Holesky back online, developers can now resume testing Pectra’s key features, including:
Key Highlights:
- Gas fee payments using stablecoins.
- Account abstraction for flexible wallet management.
- Increased staking limits.
The Ethereum community is now awaiting a mainnet launch timeline, which could be set later this month.
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