Ethereum News Today: Pectra Upgrade Advances Despite Testing Setbacks

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Ethereum’s much-anticipated Pectra upgrade is making progress after a successful deployment on the Sepolia testnet. This update is set to improve staking, enhance wallet functionality, and boost overall network efficiency. However, recent testing hiccups have raised concerns about when it will officially launch on the mainnet.

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Ethereum Pectra upgrade activated on Sepolia testnet

Ethereum's $ETH forthcoming Pectra upgrade, the last testnet upgrade prior to the scheduled mainnet upgrade on April 8, has been activated on the Sepolia testnet, according to The Block. Earlier, it had been activated on the…

Pectra, combining Prague and Electra, upgrades Ethereum’s scalability with key improvements to its execution and consensus layers. Pectra is also Ethereum’s biggest update since 2024, packing 11 major improvements into a single upgrade. Among the most notable changes is EIP-7251, which increases the maximum stake limit for validators from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH. This will make staking more efficient and reduce the need for validators to split their stakes across multiple nodes.

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