ACDC #145: Introducing Mekong, the 1st Public Pectra Testnet

ACDC #145: Introducing Mekong, the 1st Public Pectra Testnet

Author: Galaxy Research November 5, 2024 Duration: 27:51
On Ep.63 of Infinite Jungle, Christine talks about the main takeaways from All Core Developers Consensus (ACDC) call #145. Ethereum Foundation Developer Operations Engineer Barnabas Busa announced that his team has launched a public Pectra testnet called Mekong on Halloween, October 31, 2024. Mekong will be a long-lived testnet that application developers can use to test out new features like batching transactions and validator consolidations. However, given the constant iterations being made to Pectra specifications and the high potential for new bugs and issues to be found in Pectra code, Christine shares concerns about how stable Mekong will be for public use. Christine also summarizes the state of PeerDAS development and shares her thoughts on whether developers should plan PeerDAS in advance for inclusion in the Fusaka upgrade before Pectra specifications are ready for mainnet activation. Finally, Christine reminds listeners of the need for a discussion among developers about how Ethereum nodes are handling blob transactions to inform a final decision on the inclusion of a blob capacity increase in Pectra. All this in 30 minutes! Tune in! Show note links:  https://www.galaxy.com/insights/research/ethereum-all-core-developers-consensus-call-145 Timestamps: (00:00:56) Announcing Mekong, a public Pectra Testnet (00:08:01) 100,000 slot reorg on PeerDAS Devnet 3 (00:12:22) Should PeerDAS be tested as part of Fusaka? (00:16:30) Looking back on Verkle (00:18:56) New EIP proposed but not for Pectra (00:21:41) Data incoming to help inform a blob capacity increase This episode was recorded on Friday, October 31, 2024. ++ Follow us on Twitter, @glxyresearch, and read our research at www.galaxy.com/research/ to learn more! This podcast, and the information contained herein, has been provided to you by Galaxy Digital Holdings LP and its affiliates (“Galaxy Digital”) solely for informational purposes. View the full disclaimer at www.galaxy.com/disclaimer-galaxy-brains-podcast/

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