"Ethereum (ETH) Foundation to Launch New Testnet for Pectra Upgrade"

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JH Kim

Summary

  • "The Ethereum Foundation announced that it will launch a new testnet for the Pectra upgrade on March 17th."
  • "The Pectra upgrade was revealed to be the final testing phase to evaluate performance and stability."
  • "They stated that operating the Hooli testnet is important before completely upgrading hardware and software systems."

According to cryptocurrency media Coindesk on the 13th (local time), the Ethereum (ETH) Foundation announced that it will launch a new Hooli testnet for the Pectra upgrade on March 17th (local time).

This is the final testing phase before deploying the Pectra upgrade, a procedure to evaluate performance and stability.

Tim Beiko, an Ethereum core developer, explained, "Pectra is scheduled to upgrade the Hooli testnet to a new version of Ethereum on March 26th, through which we plan to evaluate performance and stability."

He added, "If the Hooli testnet operates successfully, we plan to deploy the upgrade after additional testing in about 30 days."

According to the media, if everything proceeds as planned, the Pectra upgrade is expected to be deployed in late April or early May.

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