- Focus on Pectra Upgrade and Consensus Improvements
- Debugging Devnet 2 Nears Completion
- Future Features of Pectra for Scalability and Security
Ethereum developers are on the brink of significant changes with the upcoming Pectra upgrade, the main focus during the recent Ethereum Core Developer Executive (ACDE) conference call.
Focus on Pectra Upgrade and Consensus Improvements
Christine Kim, Vice President of Research at Galaxy, summarized the discussions with several updates and key decisions. The call was moderated by Alex Stokes, an Ethereum Foundation Researcher, and centered on changes in the Consensus Layer specifications and updates surrounding the Engine API. A major point was improving the computation for resource-constrained node operators, particularly homestakers, within the PeerDAS framework.
Debugging Devnet 2 Nears Completion
Debugging on Pectra Devnet 2 is also almost complete. According to Prysm developer Terence Tsao, his team had finally resolved a non-finality bug, allowing the client to run incident-free. EF Developer Operations Engineer Parithosh Jayanthi announced that Devnet 2 could now be deprecated.
Future Features of Pectra for Scalability and Security
In previous meetings, the development team reviewed the latest developments in PeerDAS deployment, ongoing bug fixes in Devnet 2, and preparations for Devnet 3. The Pectra upgrade promises major enhancements to the Ethereum network, including account abstraction, validator operations, and performance. Features like Verkle trees and flexible staking withdrawals are set to triple the network's scalability, security, and user experience.
The Pectra upgrade represents a significant step forward for Ethereum, aiming to improve network consensus, scalability, and security.
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