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Jafrin Ahmed
Jun 9, 2022
by Jafrin Ahmed

Ethereum’s Ropsten Testnet Has Completed Its Merge to Proof-of-Stake

Ropsten Testnet Proof-of-Stake

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  1. Ropsten Testnet Completes Proof-of-Stake Merge
Ethereum’s Ropsten Testnet has successfully merged with its proof-of-stake beacon chain, finalizing one of the last rehearsals before the Ethereum mainnet transition.

Ropsten Testnet Completes Proof-of-Stake Merge

On June 8th, Ethereum developers successfully activated the merge on Ethereum’s Ropsten testnet and merged Ropsten’s proof-of-work chain with the proof-of-stake Beacon Chain, according to Ethereum senior developer Tim Beiko.

The Merge will see Ethereum abandon its current Proof-of-Work consensus model in favor of the more energy-efficient Proof-of-Stake. The upgrade is expected among other things to reduce the ETH token emission rate by approximately 90%. Combined with base transaction fees being burned since the introduction of EIP-1559 last August, the upgrade is expected to result in more ETH being destroyed than created, making Ether (ETH) increasingly scarce over time.

Currently, the Beacon Chain runs in parallel with the current Proof-of-work chain. The Beacon Chain is the Proof-of-Stake coordination chain that already has validators creating and validating new blocks in tandem with the Proof-of-Work execution chain. Once the Proof-of-Stake chain has been adequately tested and secured, the two chains will merge and Ethereum will continue as a Proof-of-Stake blockchain. In the meantime, two more public testnet merges on the Ethereum Goelri and Sepolia networks are scheduled to be executed before the mainnet merge.

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Jafrin Ahmed
Jafrin is a cryptocurrency journalist/researcher fascinated by the world of decentralization. She is hopeful towards blockchain’s innovation and its potential to reshape the world for good. Currently, she is bringing out the best of cryptosphere via covering the latest ins and outs of the blockchain space.