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  • Mainnet launch of Ethereum has been postponed by its Layer-2 scaling solutions provider
  • After observing the readiness in the ecosystem and scalability, Optimism will launch the mainnet
  • Optimism will launch a hacker-ready testnet on 20th April to scale the Ethereum Hackathon
  • The scaling provider has estimated the mainnet launch in July 2021

Ethereum 2.0 mainnet was expected to be launched by this week but has been delayed until July 2021. The delay of the mainnet has been introduced by the Ethereum Layer-2 scaling solution Optimism. The news came after the a16z backed startup promises a debut this month proved to be overeager. The project stated that rushing its mainnet launch could have consequences for unprepared projects. However, the latest schedule is also an estimation according to Optimism, as the launch is a collaborative effort of the community.

When will the Ethereum 2.0 mainnet launch?

According to Optimism, rushing its tech salve for raging ETH gas fees could have dangerous consequences. Hence, there seems to be a real risk of projects getting fraudulently cloned by evil players. Following the risk, Optimism stated that the opening of the mainnet to the community is not something that can be done alone. Hence, it’s going to be a combined effort of projects and core infrastructure providers. Such core infrastructure providers include oracle, wallets, nodes, and explorers. Indeed, when the ETH2.0 ecosystem is ready and stable, the mainnet will be rolled out to the public by Optimism.

Optimism will roll out the testnet in April

On the other side, the scaling solution provider claims the community growth has been incredible. And to keep the pace of expansion continuing, the project has planned to debut the hackers-ready testnet on 20th April 2021. Indeed, the debut is expected to scale the Ethereum hackathon. Until then, the team will continue to integrate whitelisted projects parallelly, which will help reduce gas pain in advance of the public launch.

The decision came after the scaling provider observed that the demand and interest in their project had been ballooned. So, they began planning the shift in how they are operating and communicating as a team. On the other hand, Notably, as the timelines are always estimations, the launch in July is also a rough estimation only. The primary heuristic of Optimism for the mainnet launch is stability and readiness of the ecosystem.

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