# Announcing the Kiln Merge Testnet

DevFeed: [Announcing the Kiln Merge Testnet](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-the-kiln-merge-testnet-17008.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2022/03/14/kiln-merge-testnet>)

Author: EF Protocol Support

Published: 2022-03-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Ethereum Foundation Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ethereum-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethereum.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>)

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## AI overview

Ethereum announces Kiln, a merge testnet intended to help developers, node operators, infrastructure providers, and stakers test the transition from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake before existing public testnets are upgraded.

## Source excerpt

The Kintsugi 🍵 merge testnet, launched late December, has been a valuable testing ground for The Merge. Through various test suites, multi-client devnets, shadow forks of Goerli, application deployments, and the community's help #TestingTheMerge, we've arrived at a set of stable and robust protocol specifications. Now that clients have implemented...