Ethereum developers set date for Shapella Hard Fork activation on Sepolia Testnet

Ethereum (ETH) developers have announced that the Shapella Hard Fork will activate on Feb. 28, 2023 on Sepolia. Sepolia is the second last testnet before the Shanghai Upgrade on the Ethereum mainnet, which will enable withdrawals and introduce other features. 

According to the Ethereum Foundation, the Shapella Hard Fork, which is a combination of the Shanghai and Capella Forks (execution and consensus layer forks, respectively), will go live on the Sepolia network at 56832 epoch.