A technical glitch prevented Ethereum developers from launching their new test network, Holesky, on Friday, spoiling what was meant to be a celebration of the first anniversary of the landmark “Merge” upgrade.
The test network failed to start because of a misconfiguration in one of its genesis files, according to Ethereum core developers.
They decided to delay the launch for about two weeks, giving them time to fix the issue.
This was a rare setback for Ethereum, which has successfully implemented key upgrades in the past year, such as the “Merge” a year ago and “Shapella” in April, while also supporting the rapid growth of its diverse ecosystem of layer-2 blockchains.