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Ethereum Developers Launch New Testnet for Pectra Upgrade After Earlier Setbacks

Core Developers Hope the Third Attempt Will Clear the Path for a Majoor Blockchain Update by May.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

Core Developers Hope the Third Attempt Will Clear the Path for a Majoor Blockchain Update by May.Updated Mar 13, 2025, 8:24 PM UTCPublished Mar 13, 2025, 7:13 PM UTC

Following Two Problematic Tests of Ethereum’s UpComing Pectra Upgrade, The Network’s Core Developers Decided On Thursday to Create a New Testnet to Demonstrate.

“A New Testnet, Hooli, Is Going Live Monday to Wrap Up Petra Testing,” Said Tim Beiko, Who Coordinates The Ecosystem’s Core Developers at The Ethereum Foundation, In an X -Post Follow Petra will be tested on hooli on Wednesday, March 26 – WHEN The Test Chain Will Be Upgraded to the New Version of Ethereum and Evaluated For Performance and Stability.

Pectra includes several Code Changes Designed to Make Ethereum Faster, More Efficient, and More User-Friendly for Both USers and Developers. One of the MOST SIGNFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ADDS “SMART CONTRACT” FUNCTIONAL TO ADDESSES, ALLOWING User Wallets to Be Programs with New Features Than Eth.

If the hooli test skids, beiko said devlopers will Launch The Upgrade After Approximately 30 Days, Subject to Further Testing. Should everything Proceed As Planned, Ethereum Users Can Expect Pctra to Reach the EcoSystem’s Main Network in Late April or Early May.

The Hooli Testnet Was Created Following Complications with Pet Tests on Sepolia and Holesky, Ethereum’s Primary Test Networks. In Both Instances, Configuration Errors Prevented Proper Testing of the Pectra Upgrade. In Holesky’s Case, The Network Was Offline for Multiple Weeks Due to the Flawed Test Issues.

Test Networks Like Holesky, Sepolia, and Hooli Function Almost Identical to the Main Ethereum Network But Are Generally Free to Use And Not Intended to Support Real. Majoor Upgrades Like Pectra Are Typically Implemented On Ethereum’s Test Networks Before Full Deployment on the Mainnet, As any Disruptions on the Actual Ethereum Network Coulark.

Accorging to beiko, Sepolia and Holesky – WHICH Are Now Running Pectra Successful – Serve Different Testing Purposes. “If You Need to Test Validator Exits, Be On The Lookout for for [Hooli]! Everything Else Can Be tested on Sepolia & Holesky, “Beiko Stated in His Thursday Post on X.

Pectra’s Technical Setbacks Come During a Challenging Period for Ethereum. The Network Has Faced Mounting Pressure from Declining Eth Prices, Leadership Transitions at the Ethereum Foundation, and Growing Skepticism about It. Like Solana. Industry Figures View the Successful Implementation of Pectra As Cruucial for Resthoring Confidentnce in Ethereum’s Technical RoadMap.

Sam KesslerSAM IS COINDESK’s DEPUTY Managing Editor for Tech and Protocols. His reporting is focused on Decentralized Technology, Infrastructure and Governance. Sam Holds A Computer Science Degree from Harvard University, WHERE HE LED The Harvard Political Review. He have a background in the technology Industry and OWNS Some Eth and BTC. Sam Was Part of the Team that Won A 2023 Gerald Loeb Award for Coindesk’s Covers of Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX Collapsse.

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