Ethereum Validator Participation Drops to 74% After Fusaka Upgrade Bug

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Citing BitcoinWorld, Ethereum validator participation temporarily fell to 74% at epoch 411448 following a critical bug in the Prysm consensus layer client after the Fusaka upgrade. The issue affected network synchronization and voting participation, but the network largely recovered by epoch 411712, with voting participation rebounding to 99%. The incident highlighted the importance of client diversity, as other consensus clients like Lighthouse and Teku continued to operate normally. Post-incident, Prysm's validator share dropped from 22.71% to 18%, as operators diversified their client usage to enhance network resilience.

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