Summary: Developers finalized the ‘Withdrawal-Mainnet-Shadow-Fork-1’ on Thursday. The move marks the first major test phase for Ethereum’s hyped Shanghai updated in March 2023. ETH Developer Marius Van Der Wijden noted configuration difficulties on Geth but said progress is underway. Ethereum developers announced a ‘shadow fork’ of the Shanghai update built to test the withdrawal of Staked Ether (ETH) from crypto’s leading altcoin blockchain. Developers dubbed the test environment ‘Withdrawal-Mainnet-Shadow-Fork-1’, suggesting the first of many testnets. A shadow fork refers to
