Since getting back from the Amphora merge workshop, consumer 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 stay!
Though consumer improvement 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 utility builders, as beforehand defined, not a lot will change. Tooling which solely interacts with both the consensus or execution layer can also be largely unaffected. Infrastructure which is dependent upon each layers is almost certainly to wish to adapt to help The Merge.
We suggest most tasks start testing and prototyping on Kintsugi to floor any potential points quickly. This manner, adjustments can extra simply be integrated in future consumer and specification variations.
Utilizing Kintsugi
Try the Kintsugi touchdown web 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 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 current “Eth1” consumer). Each layers keep impartial API endpoints and peer connections to deal with their respective function. For a full overview of Ethereum’s post-merge structure, see this put up.
Assist & Suggestions
The EthStaker group is obtainable 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 take a look at situations for concepts on easy methods to carry your testing to the following degree.
For those who establish bugs or points with the specification, the most effective place to lift these is within the #merge-general channel of the Ethereum R&D Discord server. For those who’d moderately not use Discord, different venues to lift such points are the specification repositories (consensus, execution, APIs), and Ethereum Magicians ✨.
Subsequent Steps
The Kintsugi testnet gives the group a chance 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 closing sequence of testnets will probably be launched. In parallel, testing efforts will proceed ramping up.
After this, current long-lived testnets will run by means 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 wanting to comply with the progress at a extra granular degree, a mainnet readiness guidelines is publicly accessible and repeatedly up to date.
See you on Kintsugi 🍵!
