03-15-2023, 05:35 AM
Shanghai upgrade successful on final Goerli testnet with minor issues
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>The final testnet dress rehearsal for Ethereum's Shapella update for ETH withdrawals has been successful. There were some initial <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/goerli-forked-shanghai-upgrade-executed-on-testnet-but-not-without-issues">minor delays due to inactive validators not upgrading</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1635771385380499456">Core dev Tim Beiko noted</a> that this was likely either due to <a href="https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1635771385380499456">validators being lazy</a> and not monitoring their testnet clients because there's no monetary incentive, or because their clients hardware was slower. Neither of these issues is expected to happen on mainnet.</p> <p>Once enough of the validators updated their clients, the Shapella upgrade activated successfully as designed.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/terencechain/status/1635793234046898177">Terence of Arbitrum noted</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>15 epochs later, Goerli has finalized.</p> <p>There was nothing wrong with the Client software. We just had to get the offline operators to upgrade. It was a good stress test.</p> </blockquote> <p>The Ethereum mainnet update is next on the list, with a likely target of early April.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FluffayPenguin"> /u/FluffayPenguin </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11rhr31/shanghai_upgrade_successful_on_final_goerli/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11rhr31/shanghai_upgrade_successful_on_final_goerli/">[comments]</a></span>
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>The final testnet dress rehearsal for Ethereum's Shapella update for ETH withdrawals has been successful. There were some initial <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/goerli-forked-shanghai-upgrade-executed-on-testnet-but-not-without-issues">minor delays due to inactive validators not upgrading</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1635771385380499456">Core dev Tim Beiko noted</a> that this was likely either due to <a href="https://twitter.com/TimBeiko/status/1635771385380499456">validators being lazy</a> and not monitoring their testnet clients because there's no monetary incentive, or because their clients hardware was slower. Neither of these issues is expected to happen on mainnet.</p> <p>Once enough of the validators updated their clients, the Shapella upgrade activated successfully as designed.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/terencechain/status/1635793234046898177">Terence of Arbitrum noted</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>15 epochs later, Goerli has finalized.</p> <p>There was nothing wrong with the Client software. We just had to get the offline operators to upgrade. It was a good stress test.</p> </blockquote> <p>The Ethereum mainnet update is next on the list, with a likely target of early April.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/FluffayPenguin"> /u/FluffayPenguin </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11rhr31/shanghai_upgrade_successful_on_final_goerli/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/11rhr31/shanghai_upgrade_successful_on_final_goerli/">[comments]</a></span>