Consensus-layer Call 80

[djrtwo]

Consensus-layer Call 80 Agenda

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Meeting Date/Time: Thursday 2022/1/27 at 14:00 GMT
Meeting Duration 1.5 hours
Live stream https://youtu.be/Bi2qZ2epaPM

1. Kintsugi office hours
   • Release: engine semantics and auth
   • Testing updates
   • Next steps
2. Other client updates (if any)
3. Research, spec, etc
4. Open Discussion/Closing Remarks

[timbeiko]

A few things we discussed on ACD today which it would be good to get eyes on from CL teams prior to the call:

• Engine API: extend semantics of executePayload and forkchoiceUpdated methods execution-apis#165
• Engine API: proposal for authentication execution-apis#162
• Post-Merge testnets #460

[parithosh]

• We now have the ability to shadow fork goerli, its been made relatively easy with some scripts. I'd like to discuss what tests we'd like to carry out using it: https://notes.ethereum.org/@ExXcnR0-SJGthjz1dwkA1A/S1a3jle0K
• Some updates on Pyrmont deprication, who's still running validators, etc
• Kintsugi successor planning (if any), Post eth-denver to allow everyone to be free to participate?
• Would it be beneficial to have a non-finalizing testnet for the public to test against? Is it too soon for something like that?

[benjaminion]

Quick call notes: https://hackmd.io/@benjaminion/rk1gRzgCK

[timbeiko]

Heads up: the day after the CL call, there will be a breakout room to go over the Kurtosis testing framework: #482

More info on it from the last ACD:

I'd love to briefly present the work we've been doing with Kurtosis among all the client teams to help test the merge with local and CI-ready multi-client testnets. I'd also love to invite folks to join an information session in a couple weeks (will discuss details in meeting).

Brief info:
Docs on Kurtosis + The Merge
General Kurtosis docs