The Merge: Ethereum's Core Developers Met In Person To Assess Proof-of-Stake Transition.
13 Oct 2021, 08:00
The Merge: Ethereum’s Core Developers Met In Person To Assess Proof-of-Stake Transition
Ethereum is taking the first big leap towards its second iteration that will see it transition to the sustainable proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. Core developers converged from every corner of the globe to lay the building blocks.
The Merge In GreeceOver the last week, around 40 developers from Eth1 and Eth2 met at an undisclosed location in Greece to create a multi-client merge devnet. Those in attendance included individuals from the Ethereum Foundation and ConsenSys, all working in unison.
The task was accomplished as “three execution clients and four consensus clients nicely transitioned together from proof of work to proof of stake,” according to Ben Edgington, a top Ethereum developer. He noted that although it was a big win for the community and the beginning of the end for Proof-of-Work, “things are expected to go awry in the short term”.