Ethereum Developers Launch New Testnet for Pectra Upgrade After Earlier Setbacks

Ethereum Developers Launch New Testnet for Pectra Upgrade After Earlier Setbacks

Core developers hope the third attempt will clear the path for a major blockchain update by May.

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Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade To Fuel ETH Price Surge After Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve And Crypto Summit Failed To Spark A Rally

US President Donald Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve and crypto summit promised big moves but failed to shake the market and trigger a rally for the ETH price. Now, all eyes are on the Ethereum Pectra upgrade as the next spark for an ETH price surge. FloppyPepe (FPPE), the AI token priced at just $0.0000002 in its presale, isn’t sitting still. After raising nearly $1 million in a sold-out private round within 24 hours, its ongoing presale has already cro…

Ethereum to Deploy ‘Hoodi’ Testnet as Pectra Upgrade Nears ETHNews

Ethereum developers are launching the Hoodi testnet on March 17 to finalize testing for the Pectra upgrade, following issues with Holesky and Sepolia testnets. If successful, Pectra could go live on the Ethereum mainnet as early as April 25, bringing key improvements to scalability, staking, and smart contract functionality. The highly anticipated Pectra upgrade is on the horizon. This is because Ethereum is set to launch a new testnest, Hoodi.…

Ethereum core developers choose stability over speed

This is a segment from the 0xResearch newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. The move to replace Holesky with Hoodi as Pectra’s main testing grounds was one of four options debated on Thursday’s All-Core Developers call. Some protocol teams specifically related to staking infrastructure lobbied for a quicker, but riskier option, and were effectively overruled by core devs. With Holesky hobbled by a validator exit queue of over a million —…

Ethereum delays Pectra upgrade, launches third ‘Hoodi’ testnet for mainnet prep

Ethereum Pectra upgrade will enter the third Hoodi testnet on 17 March before potential activation on mainnet in April or May...