Everstake: The Ethereum team is tentatively scheduled to launch a new testnet called Holešky on September 15, to replace Goerli

ChainCatcher news, blockchain staking service provider Everstake published a blog post stating that the Ethereum development team has announced the launch of a new testnet named Holešky, with the genesis event tentatively scheduled for September 15, 2023, at 22:00. In order to replace Goerli by the end of this year, the Ethereum team proposed to launch Holešky no later than September. 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) functionalities 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).

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 termination date (planned for this fourth quarter), 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 closure of Goerli. (source link)