Hoodi – Earlybirds Invest https://earlybirdsinvest.com Latest Crypto News Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:11:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.7 https://i0.wp.com/earlybirdsinvest.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/cropped-New-Project-2024-12-17T235703.455.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Hoodi – Earlybirds Invest https://earlybirdsinvest.com 32 32 240146708 Ethereum’s Final Pectra Test Goes Live On Hoodi Network https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ethereums-final-pectra-test-goes-live-on-hoodi-network/ https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ethereums-final-pectra-test-goes-live-on-hoodi-network/#respond Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:11:15 +0000 https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ethereums-final-pectra-test-goes-live-on-hoodi-network/

The final dress rehearsal for Ethereum’s upcoming Pectra upgrade occurred Wednesday, as the blockchain’s biggest changes in over a year were tested an additional time following a series of mishaps.

The upgrade on the new Hoodi testnet was closely watched given that two previous tests, on the Holesky and Sepolia test networks, failed to finalize properly.

Following those tests, developers created a new testnet, Hoodi, to give ecosystem players, particularly staking providers, one more testing opportunity before the Pectra upgrade hits Ethereum’s mainnet.

The test involved passing Hoodi a series of code changes meant to make Ethereum more user-friendly for both end-users as well as developers. One of those changes adds smart contract functionality to wallets, allowing wallet software developers to build new convenience-oriented features, like the ability to pay transaction fees in cryptocurrencies other than ether (ETH).

​​Testnets act as copies of a main blockchain, and are used by developers to run through any major code changes in a low stakes environment, giving them a place to patch out any bugs before they reach mainnet.

Hoodi was the last of three testnets to run through a simulation of Pectra. Developers previously agreed that if all went well on Wednesday, Pectra would be monitored for around 30 more days and then, finally, activated on Ethereum’s mainnet.

Read more: Hello, Hoodi: Ethereum Welcomes a New Testnet

]]> https://earlybirdsinvest.com/ethereums-final-pectra-test-goes-live-on-hoodi-network/feed/ 0 27331 Holesky and Hoodi Testnet Updates https://earlybirdsinvest.com/holesky-and-hoodi-testnet-updates/ https://earlybirdsinvest.com/holesky-and-hoodi-testnet-updates/#respond Wed, 19 Mar 2025 02:17:00 +0000 https://earlybirdsinvest.com/holesky-and-hoodi-testnet-updates/

The Pectra testnet activation revealed issues in clients with deposit contract configurations changes on Ethereum testnets. While Sepolia’s recovery was straightforward and the network has since fully recovered, Holesky experienced extensive inactivity leaks as part of its recovery mechanism.

The Holesky network has since then finalized, but the exited validators would take approximately one year to fully be removed from the validator set (¹). While stakers can test deposits, consolidations and all other Pectra features, the size of the exit queue prevents Holesky from being used to test the full validator lifecycle within a reasonable timeframe.

To address this, a new testnet has been launched: Hoodi. It will activate the Pectra network upgrade at epoch 2048 (Wed. March 26, 2025 07:37:12 UTC).

Moving forward, staking operators and infrastructure providers should use Hoodi for validator testing. To allow time for the migration, the Holesky testnet will be supported until September 2025. Aside from validator exits, all other Pectra features can be tested on Holesky.

Summary of testnets and their purpose


  • Holesky: Validators and Staking providers (Expected end of life 30th September, 2025). Client developers will also use Holesky to test gas limit increases and other protocol stress tests.
  • Sepolia: Application and tooling devs (Expected end of life 30th September, 2026)
  • Hoodi: Validators and Staking providers (Expected end of life 30th September, 2028)
  • Planned Sepolia replacement: Expected launch date of March 2026

¹: For a deeper dive into how the Beacon chain exit queue works, see https://hackmd.io/@mikeneuder/eli5-ethereum-validator-exits

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