Lessons Learned from Fusaka Devnet 2

When Ethereum’s core developers launched Fusaka Devnet 2, they hoped for a smooth 48-hour stress test under near-mainnet conditions. The network finalized as expected even under heavy load yet revealed surprises in validator behavior & client interoperability. Here is what happened & why it matters for Fusaka Devnet 3.

• Finalization & Unexpected Validator Exits
• Introduction to Bloatnet
• Preparing for Fusaka Devnet 3
• Conclusion

Finalization & Unexpected Validator Exits

Fusaka Devnet 2 maintained steady chain progress despite processing millions of transactions. However some validators exited the network voluntarily because their slashing protection modules treated valid messages as duplicates.

Different clients shipped with varying slashing protection defaults, causing some to trigger exit logic too aggressively. Teams are working on a unified specification for safe defaults & building live dashboards to monitor validator health in real time.

Several clients required manual tweaks to their initial state parameters to conform with the reference specification. Meanwhile light-client implementations struggled when full nodes reached two thousand requests per second.

Introduction to Bloatnet

Fusaka Devnet 2 deployed a “bloat net” that emulated one & a half times the mainnet state. This revealed memory spikes in proof generation, prompting calls to add incremental caching layers.

In performance benchmarks for a heavy exponentiation operation, gas usage spiked fifteen times above the current limits. In response, community members have already drafted proposals to adjust gas costs for expensive precompiles & to trial dynamic gas governance mechanisms on low-risk testnets.

Preparing for Fusaka Devnet 3

To enter Devnet 3 with confidence, developers agreed on three readiness criteria:

1. Clients must sync from genesis in under ten minutes on a fresh chain.
2. No unplanned validator exits may occur over a full day.
3. Proofs against a one & a half times mainnet state must succeed across all major clients.

A balanced plan for updating gas costs on heavy operations is also in discussion, suggesting a phased increase once additional benchmarks are complete.

Conclusion

Fusaka Devnet 2 confirms that Ethereum’s roadmap remains on track while highlighting areas in need of work. Expect real-time validator monitoring dashboards, automated interoperability stress tests in every client’s pipeline, trial runs of adaptive gas policies on testnets, & a public benchmark dashboard.

With these lessons in hand, the community will tackle Devnet 3 in the weeks ahead.

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