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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…
Ethereum Miner Tries to Expedite Testnet Merge By 2 Weeks
Ethereum developers foiled a “mischievous” miner’s attempt to expedite Ethereum’s transition to Proof-of-Stake on a public testnet by two weeks. Developers expect Ethereum’s Eth2 Beacon Chain to merge with Ethereum’s mainnet this autumn. The transition, known as “The Merge”, will change the chain to Proof-of-Stake consensus and abandon Proof-of-Work miners. Ethereum’s developers want to trial…
Outdated Node Clients Cause Blockchain Reorg on Eth2 Beacon Chain
The Eth2 Beacon Chain’s validators fell out of step on May 25 after a client update boosted some clients but caused confusion among validators who hadn’t bothered to upgrade. The incident, called a blockchain reorganization, happens when nodes disagree on the order of the most recent block. Blockchains order blocks – batches of transactions –…
ConsenSys Pushes Upgrade for Ethereum Validators Ahead of Q3 Merge
ConsenSys, Joe Lubin’s Ethereum software company, has rolled out a new tool it claims will smoothen Ethereum’s transition to Proof of Stake in August, also known as “The Merge.” The tool, “Bonsai Tries State Storage”, came out of early access on May 17. It runs on ConsenSys’s Ethereum client, Hyperledger Besu. State tries are Ethereum…
June 8 Ropsten Merge Indicates Ethereum’s PoS Transition Is On Track for Q3: Joe Lubin
ConsenSys founder Joe Lubin emphasizes Eth2 scalability ahead of the first chain-merge on a public testnet planned for June 8.
Lido Increases Liquidity Incentives as stETH Trades at Discount to ETH
Lido Finance has announced $1.3M in new incentives to improve stETH:ETH liquidity.
Lido Flexes with Staking Surge as The Merge Approaches
Lido Outpacing Kraken and Staked.us in Staking Services Race
Ethereum’s Merge Delayed Despite Successful ‘Shadow Fork’ Test
The most recent test processed mainnet transactions on a “shadow fork” – a subset of proof-of-work nodes that had been merged with the Beacon Chain to process proof-of-stake transactions.
The Merge Works! Ethereum’s Passes Major Test in Shift to Proof of Stake
Ethereum just passed a big test as The Merge was completed.
Staking Race Quickens as Rocket Pool Draws 1% of Ethereum's Validators in Three Months
Rocket Pool has aggregated 1% of Ethereum network validators in the run-up to Eth2.
