{"id":84576,"date":"2023-09-15T19:18:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T16:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=84576"},"modified":"2025-09-12T18:13:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:13:51","slug":"ethereum-team-launches-holesky-testnet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ethereum-team-launches-holesky-testnet\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum team launches Holesky testnet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Developers <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-ethereum-eth\">Ethereum<\/a> launched the public test network Holesky, which will replace Goerli, in operation since 2019. However, at launch the team faced problems.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Holesky genesis didn&#8217;t go as expected, but that&#8217;s what testnets are here for. <\/p>\n<p>See y&#8217;all again soon ?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6TWicgIhaw\">https:\/\/t.co\/6TWicgIhaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pvkp0oKXC8\">pic.twitter.com\/Pvkp0oKXC8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 beaconchain.eth ?? (@beaconcha_in) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/beaconcha_in\/status\/1702689589666717918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to researcher Diederik Loerakker, the problem was caused by misconfiguration.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone put 0x686f77206d7563682069732074686520666973683f (\\&#8221;how much is the fish?\\&#8221;) as extra-data in the EL Holesky genesis.json, and not in the CL genesis.ssz<\/p>\n<p>Misconfiguration, network failed to launch.<\/p>\n<p>Also, some other fork params in releases are rumored to mismatch too.<\/p>\n<p>Need\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 proto.eth (@protolambda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/protolambda\/status\/1702691543629328474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Holesky (Hole\u0161ovice Testnet) was named after the railway station in Prague.<\/p>\n<p>The new testnet is intended to test <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-staking-and-how-to-make-money-from-it\">staking<\/a> solutions, assess infrastructure and protocols. For testing decentralized applications, smart contracts and other Ethereum Virtual Machine-related functions, Sepolia will continue to be used.<\/p>\n<p>Long-term support (LTS) for Holesky is expected to run until 2027, with end-of-life (EOL) arriving next year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/tQ9gV-TSSH88jwdmgg179D3lncl4huXrKCW9IX4-As_Y8BxG5TOUGVBqnUFqkUkfDvYfGHeNjcr_Xh5r9xoEFcc_boM-r4yEwGpwLNiX3SnUquAMmPK1NrzXczTS6ISZNofBCjNCSumyet0RGlJA3p4\" alt=\"\u041a\u043e\u043c\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430 Ethereum \u0437\u0430\u043f\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0442\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043d\u0435\u0442 Holesky\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/eth-clients\/holesky\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During a teleconference in August, Paritosh Jayanti of the Ethereum Foundation said that developers tested the network with 1.4 million validators. They recommended this cluster size as the starting point.<\/p>\n<p>Goerli and Sepolia are governed by a smaller subset of validators than the Ethereum mainnet, which, at the time of writing, has just over 930,000. Some developers believed the number should be increased, Jayanti told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/tech\/2023\/09\/13\/hello-holesky-ethereums-newest-testnet\/\">CoinDesk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t want to encounter the scaling problem that could arise primarily on the mainnet,&#8221; the developer said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to him, a larger testnet size would help test solutions under tougher conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Another feature of Holesky will be 1.6 billion test ETH in circulation. In Goerli, a limit of 120 million goETH was set, corresponding to the market capitalisation of the second-largest cryptocurrency. However the cap occasionally proved problematic, driving up the cost of testing applications.<\/p>\n<p>The launch date for the new testnet was set for September 15 \u2014 the anniversary of Ethereum <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-activates-the-merge-blockchain-shifts-to-pos\">the major The Merge upgrade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As reported, after last year&#8217;s migration to the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/proof-of-stake-how-it-works-and-why-it-is-so-popular\">Proof-of-Stake<\/a> consensus mechanism the network became more environmentally friendly, the cryptocurrency deflationary, but the ecosystem <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/a-year-after-the-merge-deflationary-ethereum-and-centralization-issues\">faced a number of problems<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developers of Ethereum launched the public Holesky testnet, which will replace Goerli, in operation since 2019. 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