Ethereum is one step away from the merge. And that final step is just days away.
The Goerli/Prater testnet deployment, the final test to be completed prior to Ethereum’s much-anticipated transition to proof of stake, will occur next week, according to an announcement by the Ethereum Foundation.
Testnets like Goerli are dress rehearsals for the merge, which prepare for that event by moving the entire Ethereum mainnet over to a test network environment. The Goerli testnet will be the third and final such dry run. Earlier this month, the Sepolia testnet went off without a hitch; in June, the Ropsten testnet successfully transitioned to proof of stake.
Between August 6 and August 12, the Goerli testnet is scheduled to merge with Prater, its associated beacon chain. The main beacon chain is the proof-of-stake version of Ethereum that’s been running parallel to the current proof-of-work Ethereum network since December 2020.
The merge will move all Ethereum network activity off of its...
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