Ethereum 2.0 ‘Dress Rehearsal’ Gets a Second Shot With Zinken Testnet
Developers will take a second whack at a final Ethereum 2.0 testnet after the first, Spadina, failed due to “critical peering issues.”
Oct 1, 2020 at 2:49 p.m. UTCUpdated Aug 19, 2021 at 4:42 a.m. UTC
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- The second testnet, named Zinken, will launch Oct. 12 at 12:00 UTC.
- Ryan said he is “primarily looking for a clean client release process and minimal headaches for users” with Zinken.
- The dress rehearsal testnets were created to give Ethereum stakers another practice run at moving ether (ETH) into the Eth 2.0 deposit contract, a necessary step before the new blockchain can start working.
- Spadina hit a snag due to “configuration parameters” with Prysmatic Labs’ Prysm client, the team said in a post-mortem.
- “We lagged behind in terms of taking Spadina seriously, having a detailed checklist, and overall having a release ready before the genesis event,” the team said.
- Ryan added the dress rehearsal’s load was tilted unfavorably toward Prysm, which took on the lion's share of the testnet’s users.
- The same issue – stakers picking Prysm over the four other available Eth 2.0 clients – also presented itself during August’s Medalla testnet.
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