Kintsugi 🍵 (the Merge November sprint)

[dapplion]

Kintsugi 🍵 milestones

Ref: https://notes.ethereum.org/@djrtwo/kintsugi-milestones

• M0: Implementation started
• M1: Spec Implemented Implement Kintsugi specs 🍵 (the Merge November sprint PR) #3418
• M2: 1-to-1 Interop – One EL and one CL team pair off for basic interop testing (:heavy_check_mark: Geth, :heavy_check_mark: Nethermind)
• M3: Many-to-Many Interop – 2 or more EL and CL teams perform interop testing
• M4: Weekly devnet – Weekly devnet build for more in depth testing (Kintsugi 🍵 (the merge) devnets 2022 tracker #3452)
• M5: All-to-All persistent testnet – All ready EL and CL teams create a long-lived devnet first week of december
• M6: Kintsugi🍵 code released – lients release Kintsugi🍵 code for public consumption

Kintsugi 🍵 TODO

Spec versions https://hackmd.io/@n0ble/kintsugi-spec

• Consensus specs PR to implement. See Implement merge spec + spec tests #3076
  • Add terminal block hash override ethereum/consensus-specs#2617
  • Modify Merge Gossip Block Validation Conditions ethereum/consensus-specs#2621
  • add TBH_ACTIVATION_EPOCH ethereum/consensus-specs#2682
  • remove prepare_payload ethereum/consensus-specs#2683
  • Remove Union from ExecutionPayload transaction type ethereum/consensus-specs#2684
  • fix gossip and tx size limits for the merge ethereum/consensus-specs#2686
  • remove extraneous p2p condition ethereum/consensus-specs#2687
  • update penalty params for Merge ethereum/consensus-specs#2698
  • remove gas validations from CL ethereum/consensus-specs#2699
  • Add payload id as a return value to notify_forkchoice_updated ethereum/consensus-specs#2711
• Merge spec 1.1.6 #3483
  • Remove difficulty from PowBlock ethereum/consensus-specs#2720
  • Rename coinbase to fee_recipient ethereum/consensus-specs#2728
  • is_merge -> is_merge_transition ethereum/consensus-specs#2738
  • Genesis execution block handling ethereum/consensus-specs#2719
• Polish optimistic sync, only attest and build blocks on fully verified execution payloads
  • Very helpful resources Optimistic Sync Homepage
  • Optimistic Sync: Which is the right head for the job?

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Kintsugi is the unique and traditional Japanese art of repairing broken, chipped and cracked pottery using lacquer and gold.

[philknows]

Closing this tracking issue for Kintsugi focused on the November Sprint. New issues relating to the testnet will be tracked under #3452.