ETH devs implement first-ever ‘shadow fork’ as PoS testing continues
The shadow fork, which is intended to test the next phase of Ethereum’s configuration, has no impact on the existing mainnet.
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
The shadow fork, which is intended to test the next phase of Ethereum’s configuration, has no impact on the existing mainnet.
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