Ethereum grapples with unexpected Holesky setback in Pectra upgrade testing

Ethereum’s upcoming Pectra upgrade faced an unexpected challenge on Feb. 24 that impacted its testing on the Holesky testnet. On Feb. 27, Tim Beiko, Ethereum Foundation Protocol Support Lead, explained that the failure resulted from execution clients—Geth, Nethermind, and Besu—using incorrect deposit contract addresses. This misconfiguration triggered an execution layer (EL) bug, leading to chain splits. […]