Ethereum developers officially set test dates for Pectra, the first network upgrade in 11 months, putting it on the right track for a potential release date in April.
Pectra will contain a range of improvements – with a particular accent on portfolios and validators – but it arrives at an increased control period for Ethereum, which recently faced the pressure of its community to refocus and catch up with competitors.
The basic manufacturers of Ethereum decided Thursday during their bihebdomedary call “All Core Developers” to start testing Pectra on February 26 on the Holesky Testnet, with a follow -up test on the Network Testnet on March 5.
If these tests succeed, the developers will meet on March 6 to determine when to officially launch the upgrade. According to Tim Beiko, the Ethereum Foundation Support Protocol, the developers expect the upgrade to reach the Mainnet in early April.
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PECTRA – A Portmanteau representing two distinct upgrades, Prague and Electra – includes eight major improvements to the second blockchain. Among the most anticipated, EIP-7702, which is supposed to improve the user experience of cryptographic portfolios. The idea is part of a broader blockchain trend called abstraction of the account, which encompasses a series of features intended to make the use of wallets less awkward (for example, by allowing users to pay gas costs in currencies other than ETH). In this case, the addresses on Etheruem known as the accounts belonging to the outside (EOAS) – which includes most of the crypto portfolios controlled by the user – will be reconfigured to take charge of the smart contract features, opening the Door to wallet developers to offer a range of quality of improvement to their users.
Another major characteristic of Pectra, EIP -7251, will allow validators to increase the quantity they can accumulate – from 32 to 2,048 ETH. The change is supposed to help large validators consolidate their node operations (currently, marking more than 32 ETH requires using several nodes). This will also help to accelerate the process of setting up a new node – today’s system has led to queues for several weeks so that validators can run new infrastructure.
The Ethereum community has faced an identity crisis in recent weeks. His native token, Ether (ETH), is underperforming against other cryptocurrencies, and networks of competitors like Solana have attracted the attention and talent of the Ethereum ecosystem-the very first programmable blockchain and always the more treated. In the middle of the controversy – a large part intended for the Etheruem Foundation, which coordinates the chain upgrades and is currently undergoing a large leadership shuffle – the developers hope that Pectra will help put the network on a more stable foot.
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