Shandong Testnet

NOTE: Shandong has been retired. Here's the announcement

This testnet adds support for

• EIP-3540: EOF - EVM Object Format v1
• EIP-3651: Warm COINBASE
• EIP-3670: Code Validation
• EIP-3855: PUSH0 instruction
• EIP-3860: Limit and meter initcode

Running clients

Consensus client

As an after merge network, a consensus client is required. For running on Consensys' Teku you can follow the instructions bellow

• Download config.yaml from ethereumjs repository
• Start Teku with the following parameters

--initial-state=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ethereumjs/consensus-deployment-ansible/master/shandong-testnet/custom_config_data/genesis.ssz
--network=[location of config.yaml]
--data-base-path=[consensus data directory]
--data-storage-mode=archive
--ee-endpoint=http://localhost:8551
--p2p-discovery-bootnodes=enr:-LK4QHkdCND7lcPwqP0oP8EvjtyEIEwlufo4Q2WLU7lfnE7wXaiPFYqrxG2ve0yjwobsv-JivPPnPgM5FXF9_AUe2JIGh2F0dG5ldHOIAAAAAAAAAACEZXRoMpA6j89cITN5Av__________gmlkgnY0gmlwhC5lfi2Jc2VjcDI1NmsxoQO2iyKHl53XEZpkmqwzrNde8tJtHBG1juKX6GQ8maqYAIN0Y3CCIyiDdWRwgiMo,enr:-LK4QFUme0A5wcehaAVkgo3wILst__VwT-CS90IAHRf81EEDewxXYOY3tGH0kYg8jm3dRap-ebt9W2YpYxK4RhICoc4Gh2F0dG5ldHOIAAAAAAAAAACEZXRoMpA6j89cITN5Av__________gmlkgnY0gmlwhLKAy_OJc2VjcDI1NmsxoQIioMWqai_HMbtalAFqTa97lLgjfA_D9NBt9BenWmKjDIN0Y3CCIyiDdWRwgiMo,enr:-LK4QClQvVrrQ9Jm0mOUX8I9vu-anp-dgD9FSiW8Ep0uR6pEZh4t8iMljhXnE2q1UjL2rHAJeIxlrdbwcn1wjeLaamwGh2F0dG5ldHOIAAAAAAAAAACEZXRoMpA6j89cITN5Av__________gmlkgnY0gmlwhI5draqJc2VjcDI1NmsxoQKZ1U-C4IWnkiu6EvbIls9iRazxW5RZej-htHgwNf3Ef4N0Y3CCIyiDdWRwgiMo,enr:-LK4QGMlUKIzZVYqB2uIsizLIaKrPlHrGyZFCg5ond0soaGGOdsV9oR_50PAnOTE_6GZN6p_uqqkvGtnXPyhKEiizbYGh2F0dG5ldHOIAAAAAAAAAACEZXRoMpA6j89cITN5Av__________gmlkgnY0gmlwhKRcrjiJc2VjcDI1NmsxoQIO0t2j7TMxczat4kjQJaFikgg3mNCMQmgUX99zotTV5YN0Y3CCIyiDdWRwgiMo

Execution client

Besu has support for Shandong testnet integrated on the main branch, so you only need to set --network=shandong and then you can define any of the existing CLI options as you need. E.g.

--network=shandong
--sync-mode=FULL
--data-path=[execution data directory]
--rpc-http-enabled=true
--engine-rpc-enabled=true
--engine-jwt-disabled=true
--rpc-http-api=ADMIN,DEBUG,ETH,NET,WEB3

Development

Besu is able to stay in sync with Shandong^(*)

Implemented EIPs

• EIP-3540: PR#4644
• EIP-3651: PR#4620
• EIP-3670: PR#4644
• EIP-3855: PR#4660
• EIP-3860: PR#4726 (pending)

_{(*): including PR #4711 and solving #4740}

Other resources

• Block explorer
• #shandong-testnet @ EthereumJS' Discord server
• Shandong Management Meta Issue @ ethereumjs repository