The debut of the testing system – designed to be twice as big as the main network so developers can simulate massive scaling, comes a year after Ethereum completed its historic 'Merge' shift to a 'proof-of-stake' model from the original 'proof-of-work' setup that Bitcoin uses.
Testnets are copies of a blockchain – in this case Ethereum – used specifically for testing new applications and smart contracts in a low-stakes environment.to eventually replace the Goerli testnet, targeted for sunset in early 2024.Ethereum core developer Parithosh Jayanthi told CoinDesk that Holesky is expected to become the biggest testnet for Ethereum, and should have 1.4 million validators to help address scalability problems with mainnet. That's double the 700,000 on Ethereum.
Goerli and Sepolia, another Ethereum testnet, are operated by a smaller subset of “validators” than the main Ethereum chain, and some developers think these smaller validator sets pose a problem. By making Holesky bigger, developers will theoretically be able to test infrastructure and upgrades under more rigorous conditions, meaning tests that go smoothly on Holesky should be less likely to face unforeseen issues on mainnet.prior to Holesky's debut. “We want to catch [scaling issues] on testnet, which means we have to have a testnet that's bigger” than the main Ethereum chain.
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