Hundreds of hours of testing, herculean coordination: Ethereum’s proof-of-stake story isn’t over yet
Synopsis
Ethereum’s move from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, or the Merge, happened without a hitch. In fact, it was a non-event, as many pointed out. But it was far from easy. Developers from across the world collaborated across time zones to keep it secure and smooth. This is the story of what it took to make the Merge happen and what’s next.
Last month, the Ethereum Merge happened. If you track the cryptocurrency world, you know it was an important event.If you don’t track it closely then Harsh Rajat’s explanation of the Merge would do a better job at describing the gravity of the event. Rajat, co-founder of the startup Push Protocol, which enables Web3 communication, says that the Merge was akin to “changing the foundation of a skyscraper without actually affecting the
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