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

• Ethereum devs have delayed Pectra upgrade to April/May for further tests
• Hoodi testnet success will determine when the upgrade goes live on mainnet

Ethereum [ETH ($1,920.59)] core devs have pushed the Pectra upgrade on the mainnet to April/May, depending on its performance on the proposed third testnet – Hoodi. 

In a developers’ call on 13 March, the team agreed to launch the Hoodi testnet on 17 March to monitor bugs previously reported during the Holesky and Sepolia testnets. Part of the outline from one of the devs, Tim Beiko, read, 

“This (Hoodi) will enable us to test validator exists, which is impossible on Holesky right now given the exit queue will take ~…