The All Core Devs (ACD) meeting on January 5, 2023, made it clear that Ethereum Developers are working towards the launch of a public testnet to support the much-anticipated Shanghai Hard fork in February 2023. Core Ethereum Developers are also prioritizing code related to EVM changes as the Object Format EOF (or EOF) has been removed from the Shanghai fork, so that the focus can be on withdrawals.
Participation Retirement Priority: Public Testnet Deployment Set For February, Hard Fork Tentatively Scheduled For March
In the first week of December 2022, Bitcoin.com News reported on the 151st Ethereum Developer Meeting, and developers just concluded the 152nd meeting on January 5, 2023. The Meetings were mainly focused on the removal of the Shanghai EOF Implementation, and the developers opted not to review any EOF related Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) until after the Shanghai fork. It is now time to execute the hard fork.
Both Galaxy Digital Research Associate Christine Kim And Ethereum Lead Developer Tim Beiko summarized ADC meeting. “On the Shanghai front, a first development network with all customer combinations was created just before Christmas,” Beiko said after the meeting. “While everyone is running, some pairs have more problems than others.”
Galaxy Research Associate Barnabus Busa provided an update on proof of staked ETH withdrawals. “He said the current developer testnet for Shanghai, which launched just before Christmas, has already progressed to block 4,000,” Kim said. “This test network currently supports combinations of EL/CL clients. Some Combinations of customers like Teku-Erigon And Lighthouse-Erigon “
The community is eager to know when withdrawals will be available and developers have suggested that a new testnet with the following month’s release will be rolled out. Shanghai Hard fork is tentatively set for March.
At the time of writing, 15.96 million ether were locked up in the Beacon Escrow contract. Furthermore, The network is just a few days away from reaching 500,000 validators. The Shanghai hard fork will
