Back to collectionWatching a Testnet Rehearsal, Rethinking the Checklist
Background: With about a week until Ethereum's Merge, the studio's engineers were still comparing possible underlying technical routes. Today: The engineers watched the testnet rehearsal together, discussing which checks depended on advance plans and which required live signals. Impact and next steps: The rehearsal pushed their technical comparison beyond figures on a page toward responsibility during actual operation.
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Background: With about a week until Ethereum's Merge, the studio's engineers were still comparing possible underlying technical routes. Watching a testnet rehearsal gave them a chance to see how a complex transition was prepared and checked; it did not settle their own technical choice.
Today: The engineers watched the testnet rehearsal together, discussing which checks depended on advance plans and which required live signals. A-Zhen brought the conversation back to the studio: the earlier Rollup comparison should cover more than performance and fees. It should also ask who would detect a failure and who would handle it. They agreed to bring those questions into their internal discussion.
Impact and next steps: The rehearsal pushed their technical comparison beyond figures on a page toward responsibility during actual operation. The engineers would expand their list of questions before deciding how an underlying route could serve the game. Watching the rehearsal did not choose a route for them, and the Merge itself had yet to take place.