
Ethereum Engineers Release Shadow Fork To Test Shanghai’s Withdrawal Mechanism
Summary: Developers finalized the 'Withdrawal-Mainnet-Shadow-Fork-1' on Thursday. The move marks the first major test phase for Ethereum's hyped Shanghai updated in March 2023. ETH Developer Marius Van Der Wijden noted configuration difficulties on Geth but said progress is underway. Ethereum developers announced a ‘shadow fork’ of the Shanghai update built to test the withdrawal of Staked Ether (ETH) from crypto's leading altcoin blockchain....