The Highway to Altair version 🛣⭐️

tl;dr

Pyrmont forks, testing in progress

After a collection of small however very beneficial Altair devnets, Pyrmont — a big public testnet — upgraded final week. The transition to Altair went off with no hitch, setting the stage for the subsequent wave of testing and upgrades.

This week, Pyrmont is being put by means of the ringer as we run quite a few check eventualities on the soon-to-be-deprecated testnet. Do not panic! On the time of writing, Pyrmont is already 482 epochs with out finality with a big share of validators taken offline for just a few days. Such assessments assist shake out nook instances within the consensus code as properly spotlight consumer points in dealing with load below distinctive eventualities.

Prater up subsequent

With Pyrmont upgraded, Prater — a bigger and longer-term testnet — is up subsequent. Consumer groups have agreed on a September 2nd (12pm UTC) improve date. See full configuration for Altair Prater community right here.

Hold your eyes peeled for consumer releases that embody the Prater fork configuration. These ought to drop over the subsequent week and help you improve your testnet nodes in preparation for the fork subsequent Thursday.

After the Prater improve, it is a good time to induce varied operations on the community — exit a validator, get your self slashed — have enjoyable!

When mainnet Altair?

Though there’s nonetheless loads to do between right here and there, the Altair mainnet fork is quick approaching. Assuming a comparatively uneventful testing of Pyrmont and a profitable Prater improve, consumer groups are focusing on an end-of-September Altair mainnet launch 🚀