Ethereum’s Big Coding Soap Opera: Holešky Out, Hoodi In! 🎭

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Ethereum is throwing its Holešky testnet out with the bathwater, as it pulls the drapes for Hoodi – the new hotness for stress-testing its coding escapades. This bit of news coincides with the grand circus of upgrades like Fusaka and Glamsterdam sweeping through the big tent.

Similar to that nephew who shows up at a family reunion with news of his sudden promotion, Ethereum [ETH] is whistlin’ a sad tune for its once-boisterous testnet, Holešky, chopping its ramshackle tent down in the dusty campsite just a mere two years after its headstart.

Developers, in a voice as grandiose as a mustached gentleman at a saloon, have confirmed that the Holešky shindig will be giving its final bow in the coming weeks. Let it be known that Holešky was the kingpin of squashing bugs and testing upgrades before they made their grand debut on the Ethereum mainnet stage.

But, dear friends, it appears Holešky’s hourglass is nearly bottomed out, its job speckled with glory and employee-of-the-year awards bestowed by CODERS everywhere.

From Holešky to Hoodi

This dust-up and closure ain’t no random fool’s errand; it’s been in the works with the precision of a clockmaker. The network will pack its bags and bid adieu some two weeks post the Fusaka upgrade – expected to conclude around late September. And since Fusaka’s set to put on its top hat on the Ethereum mainnet in November, this switcheroo will happen long before Fusaka leaves its train station.

The foundation, in all its bureaucratic authenticity, said,

“The network served its purpose, enabling thousands of validators to test protocol upgrades, including the Dencun network upgrade and most recently, Pectra…”

And there you have it: Once the curtain drops on Holešky, developers will take that modern contraption, Hoodi testnet, and put it on its stead, ready to be the bug-exorcising wizard of tomorrow.

Hoodi steps in

Let it float forth into the electronic ether, Hoodi the resplendent, set to catalogue more network frolics and jamborees than there are stars in the internet’s sputtering galaxy.

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2025-09-02 11:44