Ethereum Developer Meeting: New Bug Appears in Pectra Upgrade, Public Testnet Upgrade Time Delayed

Odaily Planet Daily News Ethereum developers said at the 204th Core Developer Executive (ACDE) meeting that due to a new consensus bug in Pectra Devnet 5 that affects the Nethermind client, developers decided to postpone the specific upgrade time of the public testnet. The Nethermind team said that the bug caused by the BLS pre-compilation optimization has been fixed and will not affect the launch of Devnet 6. Developers plan to re-discuss the testnet upgrade time at the ACD meeting next week. In addition, the meeting also discussed a security vulnerability affecting the Geth client, which may affect Ethereum's peer-to-peer layer and Layer-2 expansion plan. Nodes running Geth 1.14 and above need to be updated to the latest version immediately. The Pectra upgrade schedule is as follows: Week of February 3: Launch Devnet 6; February 6 (Thursday): Next ACD meeting to decide on the upgrade time for Holesky and Sepolia testnets; February 10-11 (Monday or Tuesday): Release the official announcement of the testnet upgrade; Around February 19: Holesky testnet upgrade; February 20: Developer meeting to decide on the Ethereum mainnet upgrade time; Around February 26: Sepolia testnet upgrade (planned to be about a week after Holesky upgrade); February 27-28: Release the final version of the mainnet upgrade; Mid-March: Ethereum mainnet upgrade. (Galaxy)