The recent “shadow fork” in anticipation of the Ethereum merger was not as successful as expected, according to a Twitter thread by Ms. Christine Kim, an analyst at Galaxy Digital.
According to the thread, Ethereum developers have discovered some issues that could affect the success of the merger.
Despite all these problems, however, the developers remain optimistic that the merger will take place on the Sepolia test network by 6 July.
According to the Twitter thread, the shadow fork encountered problems with node synchronization, as approximately “20% of nodes dropped directly with merge activation and even more nodes dropped thereafter.”
Kim continued that the dropout was caused by problems arising from the Erigon and Hyperledger Besu nodes.
Another problem identified was a bug Justin Florentine of the Besu team said has been affecting nodes with bonsai tries since as early as April. This error resulted in 25% of the network validators packing up as one quarter of them use the Besu software.
However, Florentine has ensured that the Besu team is working on the issue.
The developers said that some of the problems occurred because the teams participating in the exercise were not ready for the upcoming upgrade.
Remember that the first “shadow forks” officially started on the Ethereum network as far back as April 2022.
What this entails is that an upgrade of the Ethereum network is performed in a way that significantly affects ongoing transfers or transactions of ETH.
Before the next fork, which will last next week, all teams expected to take part in the event are ordered to solve the problems affecting the exercise.
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The Lido team has submitted a proposal where the community members discuss whether they should limit the growth of the strike protocol to better protect the decentralization of Ethereum.