The Highway to Altair version 🛣⭐️
tl;dr
Pyrmont forks, testing in progress
After a sequence of small however very useful 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 via the ringer as we run plenty of test scenarios 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 exams assist shake out nook instances within the consensus code as nicely spotlight shopper points in dealing with load underneath distinctive eventualities.
Prater up subsequent
With Pyrmont upgraded, Prater — a bigger and longer-term testnet — is up subsequent. Shopper groups have agreed on a September 2nd (12pm UTC) improve date. See full configuration for Altair Prater community here.
Hold your eyes peeled for shopper releases that embody the Prater fork configuration. These ought to drop over the subsequent week and mean you can 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 a lot 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, shopper groups are focusing on an end-of-September Altair mainnet launch 🚀
