Ethereum test network Ropsten has forked into two separate chains following the activation of system-wide upgrade Istanbul.
Normally, miners on a proof-of-work blockchain like ethereum and test network Ropsten are required to manually upgrade their software in order to ensure the smooth continuation of a single chain.
According to Hudson, the majority of miners on the Ropsten blockchain did not upgrade to the latest software, since the time of the hard fork caught many developers off guard.
This has resulted in a split of the test network between those mining on the upgraded chain and those mining on the outdated chain.
Last October, a similar event occurred after the activation of ethereum's previous system-wide upgrade, Constantinople, which resulted in a temporary chain split on the Ropsten network lasting a few hours.
"The complicated part about proof-of-work test network is getting coordination between miners," Jameson said in a call Monday afternoon.
"Right now, we're trying to run some miners to get Ropsten on the correct Istanbul chain."
Jameson added that issues with the Ropsten network so far appear to be the result of poor miner communication, not flaws in the Istanbul upgrade code.
How this temporary chain split will ultimately affect the activation of Istanbul on the ethereum main network is still to be determined.
Ethereum core developers will have a call on Friday, Oct. 4 to discuss Istanbul's testnet activation.
Ethereum's Istanbul Upgrade Arrives Early, Causes Testnet Split
gepubliceerd op Sep 30, 2019
by Coindesk | gepubliceerd op Coinage
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