# Mekong Testnet Announcement

DevFeed: [Mekong Testnet Announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mekong-testnet-announcement-17120.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2024/11/07/introducing-mekong-testnet>)

Author: EF Protocol Support

Published: 2024-11-07T00:00:00Z

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>), [User experience (UX)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ux.md>), [Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/network.md>), [client](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/client.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [experiment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experiment.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [rpc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rpc.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>), [ux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ux.md>)

## AI overview

Ethereum is launching Mekong, a short-lived testnet containing the EIPs proposed for the upcoming Pectra fork. It is intended for wallet developers to experiment with UX changes and for stakers to test the planned staking changes before deployment to other public testnets and Ethereum mainnet.

## Source excerpt

After scoping the Pectra fork, a successful interop event and four devnets, we're now launching the first short-lived Pectra testnet: Mekong! The Mekong testnet includes all the EIPs proposed for the upcoming Pectra fork on Ethereum. These changes include UX changes via EIP-7702, Staking changes via [EIP-72...