Ethereum’s planned Pectra upgrade, the blockchain’s most significant update since 2022’s "The Merge," launched today on the Sepolia testnet.
The Ethereum community uses testnets as a way to trial and evaluate major technical updates before they go live, without risking disturbance to the main blockchain or “mainnet,” like a dress rehearsal.
But the launch wasn’t without hitches. Ethereum Foundation core developer Tim Beiko tweeted that his team was “investigating an issue caused by the custom deposit contract on Sepolia.”
He added that, “This has caused some EL clients to have issues, including transactions in blocks.” ‘EL clients’ typically refers to software applications that run on a node within the Ethereum network.
Well, seems like I jinxed it 😅 We're investigating an issue caused by the custom deposit contract on Sepolia. This has caused some EL clients to have issues including transactions in blocks. https://t.co/OOZpHqxO6S
— timbeiko.eth (@TimBeiko)
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