# Ropsten, Rinkeby & Kiln Deprecation Announcement

DevFeed: [Ropsten, Rinkeby & Kiln Deprecation Announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/ropsten-rinkeby-kiln-deprecation-announcement-17022.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2022/06/21/testnet-deprecation>)

Author: EF Protocol Support

Published: 2022-06-21T00:00:00Z

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>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>)

Tags: [announcement](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcement.md>), [deprecated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deprecated.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [proof-of-work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/proof-of-work.md>), [protocol-announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol-announcements.md>), [upgrade](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/upgrade.md>)

## AI overview

Ethereum is deprecating the Kiln, Ropsten, and Rinkeby testnets as it focuses long-term maintenance on Goerli and Sepolia. The article provides their planned shutdown timelines and encourages users and developers to migrate to Goerli or Sepolia.

## Source excerpt

Reminder: the Gray Glacier upgrade is scheduled for block 15,050,000, expected June 29, 2022 The Kiln Merge testnet, launched earlier this year, will be shut down shortly after the Ethereum mainnet's transition to proof-of-stake. Ropsten, Ethereum's longest-lived proof-of-work testnet, has transitionned to proof-of-stake. It will be shut down in Q4...