Title: Testnet_name_needed_for_Sepolia_replacement
Category: Magicians

Author: abcoathup
Date: 2025-03-21T03:44:32.304Z

Testnet name needed
A name is needed for the planned Sepolia replacement: Expected to launch in March 2026
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Holešky: Validators and Staking providers (Expected end of life 30th September, 2025). Client developers will also use Holesky to test gas limit increases and other protocol stress tests.
Sepolia: Application and tooling devs (Expected end of life 30th September, 2026)
Hoodi: Validators and Staking providers (Expected end of life 30th September, 2028)
Planned Sepolia replacement: Expected launch date of March 2026


From: Holesky and Hoodi Testnet Updates | Ethereum Foundation Blog
Past testnet names




Testnet
Lore
Pronunciation
Mascot




Hoodi
Metro station in Bengaluru, India
ಹೂಡಿ (hoo-dee)
Peacock in a hoodie


Sepolia
Neighborhood in Athens, Greece, known for its industrial and cultural history.
suh-POH-lee-uh
Dolphin


Görli (Goerli)
Görlitzer Bahnhof train station in Berlin, Germany
GUR-lee



Holešky
Nádraží Holešovice train station in Prague, Czech Republic
HOH-lesh-kee



Ropsten
Subway station in Stockholm, Sweden
ROPE-sten



Rinkeby
Subway station in Stockholm, Sweden
RIN-keh-bee



Kovan
Singapore MRT station
KOH-vuhn



Morden
London Underground station
MOR-den



Olympic
Competitive spirit of the Olympics, launched pre-mainnet in 2015.
oh-LIM-pik




Corrections/updates appreciated
Suggestions




Testnet
Lore
Pronunciation
Mascot




Vyšehrad
Metro station in Prague, Czech Republic, stop for Devcon 4

 Castle


Osmanbey
Metro station in Istanbul, Turkey, right next to Devconnect




Itsaraphap
Metro station in Bangkok, Thailand.  Devcon SEA was hosted in Bangkok. Itsaraphap means “independence” or “freedom” in Thai
It-sa-ra-phāp
 Swan








Astoria
Metro station in Budapest, Hungary




Picpus
Metro station in Paris, France. Neighborhood of EDCON Paris 2017




Kabaty
Metro station in Warsaw, Poland




Saulkrasti
Train station in Saukrasti, Latvia. Directly translated as “sunny shores”. One of most famous summer destinations in Latvia. As part of large “Rail Baltica” corruption scandal in 2024 which unveiled insane corruption and resulted half of countries train stations in unfinished renovation states. Saulkrasti test network symbolises hope for sunny shores of future efficient and transparent technologies.
Saul-Kra-sti
Sun 


Naivasha
A town in Kenya, with a lake and railway station of the same name, where the core devs worshop was hosted last year
Nai-vaa-shuh
 Flamingo



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Author: kuzdogan
Date: 2025-03-21T13:40:16.049Z

Suggesting “Osmanbey”, metro station in Istanbul right next to where Devconnect took place 
Following the convention of naming metro stations. Easy to read an recognizible.

Author: avkulpin
Date: 2025-03-23T06:52:26.655Z

Polyanka - metro station in Moscow

Author: favago
Date: 2025-03-24T22:16:40.118Z

Kabaty - metro station in Warsaw

Author: MASDXI
Date: 2025-03-25T02:45:23.083Z

Testnet
Itsaraphap
Lore
Metro station in Thailand,
Itsaraphap means “independence” or “freedom” in Thai
Pronounce
It-sa-ra-phāp

Author: Azzuro
Date: 2025-03-25T11:29:28.539Z

Astoria - Metro station in Budapest.

Author: jdetychey
Date: 2025-03-26T14:06:11.684Z

Picpus
easy to pronounce in every language and the neighborhood where EDCON Paris was hosted back in 2017

en.wikipedia.org


Picpus station
Picpus (Courteline) (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}French pronunciation: [pikpys kuʁtəlin]) is a station on Line 6 of the Paris Métro in the 12th arrondissement. The station is located under the Avenue de Saint-Mandé, to the west of the crossroads with the Boulevard de Picpus. There is a single entrance and exit, located on the sou...

Author: peersky
Date: 2025-03-27T06:03:02.619Z

Saulkrasti - train station in Latvia. Direct translation means “sunny shores”.
Give this country which no-one speaks about some love please.
Symbolism:
In 2024 there was a country wide scandal about “Rail Baltica” project of modernising railroad infrastructure. It appeared that unhidden corruption with clearly infeasible deliverables was put in to the budget, which ended up majority of country train stations being unreconstructed, instead of promised new in-line floors to enter trains, country-wide, citizens were forced to jump in to mud for a year, watching under-finished construction sites.
Sunny shores (Saulkrasti) network symbolises hope, that Ethereum solutions tested at this network will eventually contribute towards solving global inefficiencies and transparency in budget allocations & large scale projects delivery.

Author: marchhill
Date: 2025-03-27T13:39:52.680Z

Naivasha - a town (and a lake and railway station of the same name) in Kenya where a core devs workshop was hosted last year. Pronounced Nai-vaa-shuh. In the Maasai language it means “that which heaves”, referring to the waves on lake Naivasha

Author: rkapka
Date: 2025-03-27T16:10:17.012Z

Ipanema - a neighbourhood located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Author: rkapka
Date: 2025-03-27T16:11:51.182Z

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch - train station in Wales

Author: CooperAndrei
Date: 2025-04-12T07:54:32.013Z

Culver - inspired by Culver City, a city in LA.  And there is a Culver City Metro Station.

Author: arkinekine
Date: 2025-04-17T22:34:29.781Z

Delphi

an ancient religious sanctuary dedicated to the Greek god Apollo
short and easy to pronounce
many past tesnet names pronounced with ‘i’ or ‘y’, it will be easy to remember and fit goreli, holesky, and hoodi

Author: prasincs
Date: 2025-04-28T06:33:17.899Z

Saulkrasti sounds great since “test network symbolises hope for sunny shores of future efficient and transparent technologies.”

Author: taxmeifyoucan
Date: 2025-04-28T18:31:26.378Z

Palermo, Buenos Aires