# Serenity PoC2

DevFeed: [Serenity PoC2](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/serenity-poc2-16751.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://blog.ethereum.org/en/2016/03/05/serenity-poc2>)

Author: Vitalik Buterin

Published: 2016-03-05T15:39:33Z

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

Tags: [ethereum](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethereum.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [improvements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/improvements.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [research-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research-development.md>), [sharding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sharding.md>)

## AI overview

Serenity PoC2 is announced as available after two additional months of work. The proof of concept implements the full Casper/Serenity protocol, including EIP 101 and EIP 105, with improvements such as sharding scaffolding and gas checking. It is explicitly not yet testnet-ready or production-ready.

## Source excerpt

After an additional two months of work after the release of the first python proof of concept release of Serenity, I am pleased to announce that Serenity PoC2 is now available. Although the release continues to be far from a testnet-ready client, much less a production-ready one, PoC2 brings with...