Confirmation number 38 | Ethereum Foundation Blog

Evacuation is imminent.

tl;dr

• Shanghai+Capella (aka Shapella) is coming soon. Stakers, node operators, infrastructure providers – pay attention and test!
• that much Academic Grant Round It’s live! The application deadline is February 27, 2023.

Chapella on the horizon 🌅

After much testing and development, the Shanghai+Capella (Shapella) mainnet upgrade is moving to the final pre-launch sequence: public testnet!

that much Zhejiang testnet It is live and allows stakers and users to test Shapella. today. And Sepalia, the first public testnet in a long time, will undergo an upgrade on February 28th.

Shapella includes many features, but the most important one for stakers and consensus layers is that withdrawals are possible. Full withdrawals are possible for withdrawn validators, and partial withdrawals are available for active validator balances exceeding 32 ETH. For validators to participate in withdrawals ~ have to 0x01 Execution layer revocation credentials found. If a validator currently has 0x00 BLS withdrawal credentials, they must sign a change operation to 0x01 to enable withdrawals.

please watch this ETH Withdrawal FAQ Learn more about withdrawal mechanisms and validator withdrawal activation.

If you are an Ethereum staker, node operator, infrastructure provider, etc. now It’s time to get up-to-date on upcoming Shapella upgrades, test your software, and pay attention. This is where each public testnet will be upgraded, and if all goes as planned, the mainnet will soon follow.

Academic grant round is underway 🤓

that much Academic Grant Round It’s live!

After great success last year in inviting scholars from around the world to participate in projects in Ethereum orbit, the program has relaunched with an exciting new program. wishlist Covering areas from cryptography to protocol design to a new category, the humanities. Use the categories and suggested topics as inspiration, but don’t let them stifle your creativity. Projects from all domains related to Ethereum are considered: protocol, security, applications, impact, and community.

The academic grant application deadline is February 27, 2023. Apply today 🚀