Ethereum Took Another Step Towards PoS
ETH developers have taken the next step in #TestingTheMerge by deploying a mainnet shadow fork to stress test and determine areas that need to be further developed. The merge hit a few hours ago this morning and has been reportedlly producing blocks.
The merge pandas have arrived!
— parithosh | 🐼👉👈🐼 (@parithosh_j) April 11, 2022
mainnet-shadow-fork-1 hit TTD ~half an hour ago. We've been finalizing and producing blocks!
We quickly noticed some seemingly minor issues with Nethermind and Besu(triage ongoing). Erigon is currently syncing to head, status update later. https://t.co/iJFtZTp7UU pic.twitter.com/9GxPp8dFzs
The shadow fork process involves copying certain data from one network to another (usually from one testnet to another). The first mainnet shadow fork went live and will be a crucial step in testing important factors such as sync, smart contracts deployed on Goerli, and benchmarking node performance.
Learn more about shadow forks and the Kiln testnet:
⚡️Kiln - The Merge testnet⚡️
— Pooja Ranjan | ranjan.eth (@poojaranjan19) March 10, 2022
Checkout the recording of talk with @parithosh_j & @vdWijden on Kiln testnet with @EthCatHerders and find answers to many related questions - https://t.co/MuLCzVyKGY
#TestingTheMerge #PEEPanEIP
