Ending on Ethereum! Shapella Upgrade Date Announced!

The biggest altcoin Ethereumeyes in September Merge which is the highly anticipated upgrade after the upgrade Ethereum Shanghai/Shapella converted to upgrade.

With the Shanghai/Shapella upgrade planned to take place in March, there was a significant development in this regard as the developers approached the goal of withdrawing the Ethereum staked on the Beacon chain.

Ethereum (ETH) core developer Tim Beiko In his post today, he announced that the Sepolia Shapella upgrade is scheduled for February 28 at 04:00 UTC.

Sepolia Shapella scheduled for Feb 28, 4AM UTC 🌃

Read about the upgrade, and find links to the specs, client releases and withdrawals FAQ here: https://t.co/cRh4UWvl8J 😄

— timbeiko.eth (@TimBeiko) February 21, 2023

shapella also known as Shanghai upgrade is an upgrade that allows the withdrawal of staked Ethereum, and Shanghai and Shapella are the names of the upcoming Ethereum hard fork.

According to the official announcement by the Ethereum Foundation, the Shapella (Shanghai/Capella) network upgrade will be launched on February 28 at 04:04:48 UTC, at epoch block height 56832 and sepia will be enabled on the testnet.

To achieve the final upgrade scheduled for March, Ethereum developers have scheduled multiple public testing phases.

In this context, the test to be held on February 28 in Sepolia appears as the second public testnet to implement the upgrade.

Shapella/Shanghai was already tested on the Zhejiang testnet earlier this month, and testing had revealed some minor bugs.

After testing Shapella on the Sepolia network, developers will also have a test on the Goerli network in early March for the final phase before the Shanghai mainnet launch, which is expected in March.

Ethereum price is in a downtrend ahead of the highly anticipated Shanghai rise. ETH, which has risen above $ 1,700, has fallen by 1.53% in the last 24 hours and continues to be traded at $ 1,649 at the time of writing.

*Not investment advice.