Ethereum Pectra Upgrade Achieves Finality on Holesky Testnet After Issues
Ethereum's Holesky testnet regained finality after two weeks, following the Pectra upgrade activation on February 24, 2025. The disruption stemmed from a configuration bug rather than the upgrade itself. Finality was achieved on March 10, with over two-thirds of validators participating.
- Finality ensures transactions are confirmed permanently.
- Developers are stabilizing nodes and restoring operations for the upcoming mainnet upgrade.
- Pectra was also deployed on Sepolia, which faced issues due to an attack exploiting a zero-token transfer edge case.
The Pectra upgrade will enhance Ethereum with features like account abstraction, gas payments in tokens, and increased token limits.
Market Impact
Ethereum's price has dropped 10% in the last 24 hours, falling below $2,000, resulting in year-to-date losses exceeding 41%. Analyst Ali Martinez indicated that failing to maintain support at $2,060 could lead to a drop to around $1,440.
Whales have been selling ETH recently, but there is potential for recovery with the Pectra upgrade.
