Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade will begin testing in February, and the upgrade is expected to land on the Ethereum mainnet in April

Odaily News Ethereum’s “Pectra” upgrade will hit the Holesky and Sepolia testnets in February and March. Pectra will include a range of improvements, with a particular focus on wallets and validators. If these tests are successful, developers will reconvene on March 6 to determine when to officially launch the upgrade. Some developers are now saying it could hit the mainnet in early April. Pectra is a portmanteau of two separate upgrades, Prague and Electra, and includes eight major improvements to the second-largest blockchain. The most anticipated of these is EIP-7702, which aims to improve the user experience for crypto wallets. Another major feature of Pectra, EIP-7251, will allow validators to increase their staked amount — from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH.