Ethereum Merge on track as Goerli test merge successfully finalized

cointelegraph.com:

After Ropsten and Sepolia, Goerli was the last remaining testnet scheduled to undergo the merge, officially becoming a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) blockchain as of 1:45 am UTC, Aug. 11.

The Goerli testnet merge has been finalized without any major issues today, suggesting that there will be no delays to the tentative Ethereum Merge date set for Sept. 19.

Numerous key devs and figures in the Ethereum ecosystem have taken to Twitter to share their enthusiasm over the successful merge, such as core dev Preston Van Loon and podcaster/ETH proponent Anthony Sassano (@sassal0x) who bullishly noted to his 216,400 followers that “next up is (finally) the Ethereum mainnet!! The Merge is coming.”

The Goerli testnet has been successfully merged and is now a full Proof of Stake chain.Next up is (finally) the Ethereum mainnet!!The Merge is coming

However some noted there were minor issues that were also present in the previous two testnet merges.

Ethereum developer Marius van der Wijden noted that there was some “confusion on the network because two different terminal blocks and lots of non-updated nodes” that slowed the process down slightly, but stated that things were looking “quite good” anyway.

While lead Ethereum dev Tim Beiko also shared a screenshot as soon as Goerli’s switch to PoS went through.

pandas on the screen! pic.twitter.com/0nYll6gImH

There is growing confidence now that the highly anticipated Ethereum mainnet merge with the PoS-based Beacon Chain will go through without a hitch, given that Beiko previously stated that the major upgrade will go through on (or close to) his proposed date of Sept. 19 if the final merge trail runs went through successfully.

In what is being seen as one of the most significant upgrades in