In one of the most hotly anticipated crypto events in recent times, the testing of the Bellatrix upgrade dubbed The Merge went ahead on the Ropsten testnet. At the time of writing the live stream community call shared on Wenmerge.com had already attracted some 35,000 views within less than 24 hours. The level of interest…
Before we dive into what sent the Ropsten test merge off course, its relevant for that purpose to consider what Ethereum means on a broader level and why people have been drawn to it. VBs recollection of being pissed off when Blizzard removed damage from his favourite spell without considering his childhood dreams resonates with…
Some signficant discussions in the Consensus Layer call on Friday. you can listen here First up, shadow fork 5 went smoothly again, Parithosh ran this one slightly differently with a relatively even split of clients, with just Erigon missing whilst they fix some sync issues. Significantly though… There were some discussions around the forecast TTD…
With Shadow Fork 4 being confirmed as a resounding success, eyes were on All Core Developer Meeting 138 to announce the next public test network to be put through The Merge. The degree of public interest is becoming increasingly apparent by the number of watchers attending the public calls. Call 138 already has 2.7k views…
We are close. In a week filled with lunacy, Ethereum holders can take comfort in the fact that The Merge is close. In our first article, we take a look at where testing of the upgrade codenamed Bellatrix (The Merge) is at and also what milestones give us some very distinct hints that the timeline…