that PECTRA testnet activation Ether Leeum test changes have been released to customers with a deposit contract. While doing Sepolia’s recovery Simple, the network was completely restored, and Holesky experienced a wide range of non -activity leaks as part of the recovery mechanism.
Holesky Network has been completed since then, but the terminated validation device takes about a year to completely remove it from the verification set (¹). Starkers can test deposits, integration and all other PECTRAs, but the size of the outlet queue prevents Holesky from being used to test the full validation inspection life cycle within a reasonable period.
A new testnet has begun to solve this. hood. EPOCH 2048 (March 26, 2025 07:37:12 UTC) activates the PECTRA Network upgrade.
In the future, Staying operators and infrastructure providers must use Hoodi for validation. Holesky Testnet is supported by September 2025 to allow migration time. All other PECTRA features in addition to the validity test exit can be tested in Holesky.
Test Net summary and its purpose
- Holzuki: Validation Test Provider and Staying Provider (Expected Lifetime End on September 30, 2025). Client developers also use HOLESKY to increase gas limitations and test other protocol stress tests.
- Sepolia: Application and tooling development
- hood: Effective Tester and Staying Provider (End with expected lifespan), September 30, 2028)
- Planned SEPOLIA replacement: March 2026 Expected release date
¹: deeper diving about how the beacon exit the trial works https://hackmd.io/@mikeneuder/eli5-thereum-validator-exits