Ethereum has taken yet another small—but crucial—step toward the merge, the blockchain’s much-hyped and oft-punted transition to proof of stake.
Scheduled for today, Ethereum’s 10th shadow fork actually went live early yesterday, a full 26 hours ahead of schedule. Shadow forks are a focused trial run of aspects of the merge; they practice making one or two specific changes to the blockchain that will occur down the road.
That’s different from full testnet hard forks, like the Sepolia testnet that occurred earlier this month. Testnets are full dress rehearsals of the merge, which move the entire Ethereum mainnet over to a test environment network.
This week’s shadow fork practiced releases that will occur during Ethereum’s final testnet, Goerli, which is scheduled for August 11 and will be the third and final such test required before the merge is ready to execute.
The timeline for the merge has shifted numerous times over the last two years. Earlier this month, however, Ethereum...
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