Ethereum’s highly anticipated Pectra upgrade encountered another hurdle this time on Sepolia Testnet.
Tim Beiko, the protocol support lead for the Ethereum Foundation, revealed the latest complications in a March 5th post on X.
He explained that the problem stems from Sepolia’s custom deposit agreement. Malfunctions affect transactions within a block.
According to him:
“We are investigating the issues caused by Sepolia’s custom deposit agreements, which causes some EL clients to have issues such as transactions in blocks.”
Emiliano Bonassi, product director at Crypto Infrastructure Firm Conduit, confirmed the development and revealed that he observed that the network was propagating through empty blocks.
In particular, this set time was less than two hours after Beiko announced that Pectra had been successfully confirmed in Seporia.
Sepolia is an important test site for Ethereum upgrades, simulating real network conditions. The deployment of this testnet was expected to be the final major step before the Pectra upgrade was published.
However, given the latest technical issues, the timeline for MainNet’s launch is prominently expected next month, but remains uncertain now.
Pectra’s challenges
Pectra is considered Ethereum’s most ambitious hard fork and is designed to enhance the experiences of both developers and users.
Meanwhile, this is not the first time Pectra has faced complications. Holesky TestNet recently experienced problems due to an incorrect address on the deposit contract, leading to chain splits and ultimate delays.
The developers acted quickly to resolve the issue, but stabilization efforts are still underway.
Commenting on the broader implications of these testnet issues, Galaxy Digital researcher Christine Kim noted that Ethereum’s growing ecosystem could extend the time needed for future upgrades to make smooth transitions more complicated.
Kim said:
“It is important that the Ethereum ecosystem is ready for Pectra upgrades and have the right test infrastructure to ensure a smooth transition through hard forks. The larger the ETH ecosystem, the longer it may take Ethereum to upgrade safely.”
It is mentioned in this article
(TagStoTranslate)Ethereum(T)Crypto(T)technology
