{"id":26844,"date":"2020-08-04T15:36:32","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T12:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26844"},"modified":"2025-08-26T17:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T14:00:39","slug":"launch-of-the-final-ethereum-2-0-testnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/launch-of-the-final-ethereum-2-0-testnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Launch of the final Ethereum 2.0 testnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On August 4 at 13:00 UTC, Ethereum Foundation developers launched the final Ethereum 2.0 test network named <a href=\\\"https:\/\/beaconscan.com\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">Medalla<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The event was watched live by almost 1,700 viewers:<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PvQdZ74i7Xw\\\" width=\\\"560\\\" height=\\\"315\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" allowfullscreen=\\\"allowfullscreen\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Discussion is also taking place on <a href=\\\"http:\/\/invite.gg\/ethstaker\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">Discord<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Medalla does not use real ETH and does not allow earning real rewards. The network is aimed solely at preparing the second-largest cryptocurrency for the transition to the Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>To launch, the requirement to deposit 524,288 test ETH for staking was <a href=\\\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/2020\/08\/03\/eth2-quick-update-no-14\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">met<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" class=\\\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-106466\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/upload_89dddc90f24f1378fcbb9d4df79ab2f5.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Launch of the final Ethereum 2.0 testnet\\\" width=\\\"1320\\\" height=\\\"362\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/upload_89dddc90f24f1378fcbb9d4df79ab2f5.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/upload_89dddc90f24f1378fcbb9d4df79ab2f5-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/upload_89dddc90f24f1378fcbb9d4df79ab2f5-1024x281.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/upload_89dddc90f24f1378fcbb9d4df79ab2f5-768x211.jpg 768w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1320px) 100vw, 1320px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe launch of Medalla is a major milestone in the development of ETH 2.0. If it remains stable, the next step will be the launch of the mainnet. This is the result of many years of hard work by a vast number of engineers, researchers and community members,\u201d said Danny Ryan, a developer at the Ethereum Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the new network is supported by five clients: Lighthouse, Nimbus, Prysm, Teku and Lodestar. Cortex and Trinity are expected to be supported later.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>The full specification can be found on the testnet&#8217;s <a href=\\\"https:\/\/github.com\/goerli\/medalla\/blob\/master\/medalla\/README.md\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>ForkLog also hosted a dedicated stream for the Medalla launch:<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SMG-v0kFlyY\\\" width=\\\"560\\\" height=\\\"315\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" allowfullscreen=\\\"allowfullscreen\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Ethereum Foundation and Consensys <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/developers-launch-launchpad-for-ethereum-2-0-validators\">launched<\/a> the test version of Launchpad. It is a launch panel for preparing validators for staking in the second version of the Ethereum protocol.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s YouTube channel!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 4 at 13:00 UTC, Ethereum Foundation developers launched the final Ethereum 2.0 testnet named Medalla.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,1134],"class_list":["post-26844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum","tag-technical-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26846,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26844\/revisions\/26846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}