The Merge


Technologies

Ethereum’s Shadow Fork 9 Goes Live in Lead-Up to the Merge

Developers are focused on testing recent updates and the releases used in the previous Sepolia hard fork. "But on a more intensive network.”

Chinese crypto miner Chandler Guo has launched a campaign to fork the Ethereum blockchain and create a spinoff, hewing to the “proof-of-work” (PoW) system that it uses now. (bildanova/500px/Getty Images)

Finance

SSV DAO to Distribute $10M in Grants for Staking Projects Ahead of Ethereum Merge

The organization will distribute grants in USDC, ETH and SSV tokens.

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Technologies

Ethereum's Sepolia Testnet Successfully Switches to Proof-of-Stake

The Sepolia proof-of-work chain merged with its proof-of-stake chain on Wednesday, taking Ethereum one step closer to its own Merge moment.

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Finance

Morgan Stanley: GPU Demand Likely to Slow if Ethereum Moves to Proof-of-Stake

Moving to PoS also won't solve Ethereum’s scaling problems, the report said.

Ethereum's Merge will slow demand for GPUs. (Bradley D. Saum/Shutterstock)

Layer 2

Ethereum's Gray Glacier (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Difficulty Bomb)

The delay of Ethereum’s Difficulty Bomb suggests the network’s Merge to proof-of-stake might be a bit further away than hoped.

"Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb" (1964), directed by Stanley Kubrick, distributed by Columbia Pictures

Technologies

Sell the Ethereum Merge

Many market participants think the highly anticipated Ethereum Merge will be bullish for ETH. The opposite is more likely.

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Technologies

Ethereum’s Ropsten Testnet Has Completed Its Merge

This first testnet dress rehearsal sets the stage for Ethereum’s pending transition to proof-of-stake.

Fusión exitosa de Ethereum en la testnet de Ropsten. (PineWatt/Unsplash)

Vidéos

Ethereum’s Hotly Anticipated Merge and Dress Rehearsal

Ethereum is moving closer to a pivotal transition to proof-of-stake, but an unwelcome security hiccup “reorg” on the Beacon Chain rained on the Merge prep parade last week. “The Hash” hosts break down what this means for Ethereum and the wider crypto ecosystem.

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Vidéos

Ethereum on Track for Testnet Merge in June

Ethereum’s Ropsten public testnet will undergo a “merge” next month ahead of a rollout on the main network, developer activity on GitHub shows. "The Hash" hosts discuss the latest in the world of Ethereum and what the upgrade could mean for the industry's second-largest blockchain protocol.

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Technologies

Ethereum Merge Takes Place on Kiln Testnet

Kiln is the final public testnet before Ethereum’s transition to a proof-of-stake network.

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