Since coming back from the Amphora merge workshop, consumer groups have been arduous at work implementing the most recent variations of merge specs and testing them on devnets.
After 4 ephemeral devnets, Kintsugi 🍵, a longer-lived public testnet, is now reside!
Though consumer growth and UX proceed to be refined, we encourage the neighborhood to begin 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 be largely unaffected. Infrastructure which is dependent upon each layers is almost certainly to wish to adapt to assist The Merge.
We suggest most initiatives start testing and prototyping on Kintsugi to floor any potential points quickly. This fashion, 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 will discover community settings, a faucet, a block explorer and a JSON-RPC endpoint, together with documentation up to date to mirror 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 present “Eth1” consumer). Each layers preserve unbiased 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 neighborhood is accessible to supply Kintsugi assist. When 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 neighborhood will get concerned #TestingTheMerge. Verify ou this record of check situations for concepts on how one can carry your testing to the subsequent stage.
For those who establish bugs or points with the specification, the very best place to lift these is within the #merge-general channel of the Ethereum R&D Discord server. For those who’d reasonably not use Discord, different venues to lift such points are the specification repositories (consensus, execution, APIs), and Ethereum Magicians ✨.
Subsequent Steps
The Kintsugi testnet offers the neighborhood 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 remaining collection of testnets will probably be launched. In parallel, testing efforts will proceed ramping up.
After this, present long-lived testnets will run by 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 observe the progress at a extra granular stage, a mainnet readiness guidelines is publicly accessible and usually up to date.
See you on Kintsugi 🍵!
