A major upgrade for the Ethereum (ETH) network just got another update on its calendar as an important step towards a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm, the Merge, is now expected to happen in May or June next year.
The necessary code could be completed by February, according to the Ethereum Foundation community manager Tim Beiko and other developers. The Merge refers to the event on the Ethereum 2.0 path when the current Ethereum mainnet "merges" with the beacon chain PoS system.
“We think ~4 months is a generous timeframe from having the code done to seeing the merge on mainnet. We think there's a chance [that the code being done] can [happen] by February (obviously, still a lot of unknowns!), so we decided to set the [difficulty]
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