Second Ethereum 2.0 launch rehearsal puts it on track for 2020 release
No participation issues this time as much fewer bugs are reported. Ethereum successfully launched yet another dress-rehearsal testnet for the upcoming Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0, dubbed Zinken.The launch occurred on Monday at 12 P.M. UTC and unlike previous attempts, was a smooth launch with enough participation and no major bugs.The testnet was organized following the bittersweet launch of Spadina, the first rehearsal that aimed to test the launchpad for stakers.As Cointelegraph reported at the time, the Spadina testnet suffered from low participation rates, which meant that a lot of validators....
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Participation is low once again, but it doesn't seem to matter. The latest in a series of Ethereum 2.0 testnets, called Spadina, launched on Tuesday with mixed success.Spadina was proposed as a short-lived “dress rehearsal” for the mainnet launch process, signaling that Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0 is getting ever closer. The network launched on Sept. 29 at 12 P.M. UTC, and was intended to last for only 72 hours.Developers said that this is likely to be the last chance for prospective Ether (ETH) stakers to test the deposit and launch tools before the Phase 0 genesis.From that perspective, the....
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