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Ethereum's Ropsten Proof-of-Stake test merge launched. Developers merged Ropsten’s proof-of-work chain with its proof-of-stake beacon chain. The purpose of the testnet merger was to prepare for the Ethereum mainnet merger, which should take place sometime later this year.
In preparation for the Ethereum merge coming later this year, the developers activated the merge on the Ropsten testnet that happened on Wednesday afternoon. Ropsten's proof-of-work chain was merged with its proof-of-stake beacon chain by combining their codes into one. This merge is critical to verifying that client software running Ethereum nodes works without any glitches. The merger involved client software teams including Lighthouse, Lodestar, Prysm, Teku, Besu, Erigon, go-ethereum (geth), and Nethermind.
Ropsten has activated proof-of-stake! pic.twitter.com/TKQ8LSJGt6
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