In a surprising turn of events, Ethereum developers faced an unexpected setback as they attempted to launch their new test network, Holesky, on Friday.
This hiccup affected what was supposed to be a celebratory technological milestone, marking the first anniversary of the groundbreaking “Merge” upgrade of Ethereum.
Holesky Testnet Faces Genesis File Mishap
On Sept. 15, Ethereum developers faced an unexpected hurdle as they attempted to initiate the Holesky test network. While some validators were able to initiate the test network manually, Ethereum core developers soon discovered a critical misconfiguration within one of the genesis files, bringing the launch to a halt.
Holesky launch update!
Due to a misconfiguration in the ExtraData field (applied to EL configs but not to CL ones), #Holesky didn’t initiate properly.
A consensus has been reached among the EF DevOps and client teams to relaunch a week from now.
— Nethermind (@NethermindEth) September 15, 2023
As a result, they
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