Ethereum Pectra upgrade live on testnet, but mainnet may face delays

Ethereum’s highly anticipated Pectra upgrade was successfully deployed on its final testnet, Sepolia, marking a major milestone in the lead-up to the mainnet activation. However, potential delays remain as developers continue to address outstanding issues from a previous testnet failure.

Ethereum’s Pectra upgrade has gathered significant community support as it aims to improve Ether (ETH) staking, layer-2 (L2) network scalability and overall network capacity.

Pectra was successfully rolled out on its final testnet, Sepolia, at 7:29 am UTC on March…