Everstake: The Ethereum team will launch a new testnet called Holešky in September to replace Goerli

ChainCatcher news, blockchain validator and staking service provider Everstake released a blog stating that the Ethereum team has just announced the upcoming launch of a new testnet called Holešky, and their team participated in the coordination call for the Holešky testnet release.

Currently, Ethereum has two public testnets: Sepolia allows developers to test contracts and applications; Goerli allows protocol developers to test network upgrades and enables stakeholders to test running validators. According to the newly proposed Ethereum testnet lifecycle plan, Goerli entered a long-term support phase in the first quarter of 2023. After the lifecycle end date (scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year), it will no longer receive support from the client teams. Therefore, the next testnet should be launched by the end of 2023 to prepare for the shutdown of Goerli.

Holešky will replace Goerli as the testnet for staking, infrastructure, and protocol developers. Meanwhile, decentralized application (DApp) testing, smart contracts, and other EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) features will be tested on the Sepolia testnet.

The Holešky network is named after the Nádraží Holešovice train station located in Prague, Czech Republic (Goerli is also named after the Goerlitzer Bahnhof station in Berlin). In order to replace Goerli by the end of this year, the Ethereum team proposed to launch Holešky no later than September, with the genesis event tentatively scheduled for September 15, 2023, at 14:00 GMT. (source link)