Ethereum’s Ropsten proof-of-stake ‘test merge’ goes live
In preparation for the Ethereum merge happening later this year, developers have activated the merge on the Ropsten test network. The merge took place on Wednesday afternoon after the move was first announced on June 3. Ropsten’s proof-of-work chain was merged with its proof-of-stake beacon chain by combining their codes into one. Today’s merge is critical to check if client software using Ethereum nodes performs without any glitches. Client software teams participated in the merge including Lighthouse, Lodestar, Prysm, Teku, …