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ChainCatcher news, the Ethereum Foundation announced that the Ropsten testnet has been deprecated and will be shut down in the coming weeks. Over the past few months, infrastructure providers have gradually stopped supporting this test network, and the participation rate of validating nodes has steadily declined. The vast majority of the remaining validating nodes will be shut down between December 15 and 31, 2022. After this period, Ropsten will no longer receive support from clients, testing, or infrastructure teams. Subsequently, Rinkeby will also gradually cease to be used.Previously reported, the Ethereum Foundation announced the deprecation of the Kiln, Rinkeby, and Ropsten testnets, focusing on maintaining the Goerli and Sepolia testnets. (source link)

Chain Catcher news, the Ethereum explorer Etherscan tweeted that the browsers for the Rinkeby and Ropsten testnets will be deprecated on October 5, 2022, and will be set to read-only status in the foreseeable future, ultimately being phased out. Developers are advised to migrate contracts and deploy new contracts on Goerli or Sepolia.According to previous reports, the Ethereum Kiln testnet will shut down this week, and the Ropsten and Rinkeby testnets will also shut down in the fourth quarter of 2022 and the second quarter of 2023, respectively. (Source link)