# Announcing the Kintsugi Merge Testnet

DevFeed: [Announcing the Kintsugi Merge Testnet](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-the-kintsugi-merge-testnet-16997.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2021/12/20/kintsugi-merge-testnet>)

Author: Tim Beiko

Published: 2021-12-20T00:00:00Z

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>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [protocol-announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol-announcements.md>), [specifications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/specifications.md>), [test](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/test.md>)

## AI overview

Ethereum announces that Kintsugi, a longer-lived public testnet for Merge testing, is live. The article encourages developers and the community to test applications and infrastructure, identify issues, and provide feedback while client software and specifications continue to be refined.

## Source excerpt

Since returning from the Amphora merge workshop, client teams have been hard at work implementing the latest versions of merge specifications and testing them on devnets. After four ephemeral devnets, Kintsugi 🍵, a longer-lived public testnet, is now live! Although client development and UX continue to be refined,...