Az Ethereum még mindig úton van a szeptember közepén történő egyesüléshez

Ethereum developers have doubled down on a mid-September target for the Merge during a konferencia hívás held on Thursday. 

The Merge is Ethereum’s highly anticipated transition from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism. It’s expected to slash the blockchain’s energy use and, therefore, carbon emissions, by as much as 99%, addressing one of the primary critiques of the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.

szeptember 19

While discussing a series of steps that must be taken before the Merge, the Ethereum Foundation’s Tim Beiko, who organizes meetings of the network’s core developers, suggested a target date of September 19. No objections were raised to the suggested timeline. 

The date is meant to be a roadmap, rather than a hard deadline, according to one prominent Ethereum developer. 

“This merge timeline isn’t final, but it’s extremely exciting to see it coming together,” superphiz.eth Twitteren Thursday. “Please regard this as a planning timeline and look out for official announcements!” 

Observers have expected a mid-September Merge for weeks. But Thursday’s discussion marks the latest attempt to set a realistic timeline for the oft-delayed upgrade.

Difficulty Bomb Delayed

Last month, the developers decided to delay Ethereum’s “difficulty bomb” in an acknowledgement that the Merge wouldn’t happen before mid-September. The nehézségi bomba is an update built into the protocol that will significantly increase the complexity of PoW calculations, and therefore, the time required to process transactions – a kind of self-destruct mechanism meant to incentivize the transition to proof-of-stake. 

During a debate over delaying the difficulty bomb, some developers suggested the team publicly commit to a hard deadline, arguing there was a lack of urgency in abandoning the energy-intensive proof-of-work model. 

"Nagyon valós költségekkel jár, ha nem hajtják végre az egyesülést: 130,000 XNUMX tonna szén-dioxid naponta" - mondta Ben Edgington fejlesztő. „Ez csaknem egymillió tonna hetente. Minden héten megforgatjuk a hüvelykujjunkat, ez egy megatonna szén-dioxidot bocsát ki.” 

At the time, Beiko objected to the notion that developers didn’t feel pressure to complete the Merge. 

„Érdemes megjegyezni [ezt] az utolsó hívásnál, és privátban nekem az ügyfélcsapatok megemlítették, hogy eléggé feszültnek és sürgetőnek érzik magukat” – mondta. "A túl nagy nyomás csak arra készteti a csapatokat, hogy kiégjenek vagy rosszabb döntéseket hozzanak, és mi nem ilyen helyzetbe szeretnénk kerülni."

After the successful merges of the ropsten és a szepolia testnets, the Goerli testnet’s transition to proof-of-stake is planned for Aug. 11. This will mark the final step before the upgrade is carried out on Ethereum’s mainnet.