Developers of Ethereum network have announced the launch date of the most anticipated upgrade on the network. The Merge is scheduled to roll-out on September 19th. Since the announcement came out, Ethereum prices started showing positive results. Crypto proponents and experts are anticipating The Merge upgrade to show more such uptrends in ETH prices.
On 29th July, it was reported that Ethereum developers had completed their latest fortnightly call. It was the 92nd fortnightly Consensus Layer call. Several insights were shared about the instances that happened at the meeting. Consensus Layer calls were attended by client teams of EL and CL alike.
Further it was explained that Developer Mikhail Kalinin made a proposal on a latest concern regarding the differences among EL clients. Kalinin shared that they are issued amidst the blocks facing conflicts as the scheduled time of the Merge launch is coming closer.
Moreover, developers also raised Ethereum CL nodes related issues that are designated to perform blockchain’s optimistic sync. At the end, MEV-Boost software regarding issues were discussed during the call.
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Core developer at Ethereum—Tim Beiko—also announced the Goerli/Prater Merge launch. According to Beiko, this would be the last testnet in the transition of the network towards proof-of-stakes, the Merge, coming ahead.
Further details were shared about this latest Merge. Prater would run next week on 4th August through Bellatrix upgrade. While the Goerli Merge is scheduled to take place between 6th to 12th August. While concluding, Beiko said that this would be the last chance for those who run a node before mainnet to go through the process.
OP Labs, in the meantime, has also released an update regarding EIP-4844 that is expected to launch on Ethereum. It is expected that this update could act upon increasing scalability of Ethereum network without compromising decentralization. Researchers and developers across different organizations contributed to this development.
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