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Prepping for Ethereum Staking Withdrawals - Developers Create Testnet to Test Conditions

27 Jan 2023 1 minute read 2 comments kev_nag

Core Ethereum Developer, Marius Van Der Wijden, has announced in a tweet the creation of a ‘shadow fork’ (a testing environment) ahead of implementation of staking withdrawals contained in the Shanghai upgrade. Photo Source This new ‘shadow fork’ was...

Last Shadow Fork Completes Successfully - Ethereum is Ready for the Merge

10 Sep 2022 2 minute read 0 comments kev_nag

My friends, only a few more days until the much hyped Ethereum ‘Merge’. “In the frenzied build-up to Ethereum’s much-anticipated merge, the network’s developers have deployed test after test to make sure everything goes smoothly when the second-large...