Ethereum core developers are currently working on the next update, dubbed Shanghai. To this end, the developers have finally released the devnet2. This new release is going to work as the stepping stone for the mainnet launch of the Shanghai upgrade.

The devnet1 of this series was released in November last year. The project leader from the Teku client team, Ben Edgington, has confirmed the release of devnet2 in the latest Ethereum consensus layer or CL. It is important to mention that after considerable delay, Ethereum has completed the much anticipated hard fork update.

The main objective of the devnet, according to the core developers of the Ethereum network, is to test and detect bugs in the code of the Shanghai upgrade.

It is important to note Shanghai upgrade is aimed at allowing the staked tokens to get released before the commitment period. In this manner, the chance of impermanent loss is going to remove for the ETH stakers.

The feature has already been made available, and it is going to be available for retail investors after its mainnet launch in March. The staked token access was made inaccessible for the ETH investors on account of the last update, which was the Merge event. Merge took place last year in September.

Shadow Fork 

The Ethereum developers are also working on the Shadow fork that is connected to the Shanghai upgrade. It is likely to take place on the mainnet within a few weeks of the testnet attempts for the Shanghai upgrade have been completed.

The Shadow fork is also a test version of the actual mainnet that is going to ensure that the coding is going to work as intended on the Ethereum blockchain.

According to the devs, The Shadow fork will add a layer of complexity to the Shanghai testing phase. In this manner, the final rollout that is set for March this year will be more akin.

Marius Van Der Wijden, the Ethereum developer on the Geth client team, said that Shadow Fork carries more load for the test, and it will also enable more transactions, more states, and other options.