The Merger May Take Place on September 15: Vitalik Buterin

The Merger May Take Place on September 15: Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin, one of Ethereum’s co-founders, has dropped hints that the much-anticipated integration ‘The Merge’ could take place around the 15th of September. The merge, which refers to the shift from a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus method to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, is widely considered to be the most significant software upgrade in the Ethereum … Read more

The Penultimate Update Before the Merge ‘Goerli’ Confirmed by Ether Dev

The Last Update Before the Merge Confirmed by Ether Dev

Just one testnet merger separates the Ethereum mainnet from becoming a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. With the announcement of the last testnet merging to the Beacon chain, the years-long odyssey has reached its conclusion after numerous shadow forks and testnet mergers. With the introduction of the Beacon chain in December 2020, Phase 0 of a three-phase … Read more