On October 26, 2023, Ethereum protocol developers convened to discuss the recent results of devnet 10 testing. Initially, an update was presented by @parithosh_j and @BarnabasBusa regarding the successful launch of the network earlier in the week, according to Tim Beiko. The new validator churn limit was tested by activating Dencun, transitioning from 5 to 4 validators per epoch at the fork. A few bugs were identified related to sync with Prysm and deposit handling on Teku, which are currently being addressed. Additionally, some issues concerning builder-produced blocks were highlighted.
The testing of devnet 10 was executed in two phases. The first phase, which involved normal network conditions, exhibited a stable network able to handle approximately three blobs per block while mimicking real network usage. Every client combination could create blocks with blobs, some of which were run on ARM hardware. The second phase was a…
