Ethereum developers plan to release a public test network for the Shanghai upgrade, which will include code allowing withdrawals of ether staked in the Beacon Chain since December 2020, by the end of February.

In a call on January 5, Ethereum developers chose March 2023 as the tentative target for the Shanghai hard fork. And in a bid to make sure they meet this date, developers plan to release a public test network for the Shanghai upgrade by the end of February.

During the call, the devs noted that the upgrade will focus exclusively on ETH withdrawals. They also scratched plans to incorporate a set of Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) dubbed EVM Object Format (EOF), a proposed improvement to the blockchain's EVM programming environment, due to concerns it could delay Shanghai.

(By Ruholamin Haqshanas)