Eth2 Beacon Chain Launches on Ropsten Testnet, Paving Way for Merge
The Ethereum Foundation launched the Eth2 Beacon Chain on a public testnet yesterday, marking one of the final tests before Ethereum transitions to Proof-of-Stake later this year. The Beacon Chain, Eth2’s Proof-of-Stake consensus layer, went live on the longstanding public testnet, Ropsten. The launch is a major milestone toward Ethereum’s highly anticipated ‘chain-merge’, which developers…
By: Samuel Haig •
DeFi
The Ethereum Foundation launched the Eth2 Beacon Chain on a public testnet yesterday, marking one of the final tests before Ethereum transitions to Proof-of-Stake later this year. The Beacon Chain, Eth2’s Proof-of-Stake consensus layer, went live on the longstanding public testnet, Ropsten. The launch is a major milestone toward Ethereum’s highly anticipated ‘chain-merge’, which developers…
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