The long-awaited Ethereum Merge upgrade is facing another delay, as developers work on the upgrade and estimate the completion time to be a few months after June 2022.
Given the success of the test, there was a general expectation that the merg upgrade would take place in the middle of the year, but the latest setback was not surprising given that proof-of-stake has been consistently delayed since it was first proposed. once.
However, signs are promising that the Ethereum mainnet will actually merge with the Beacon chain to become a Proof of Stake (PoS) network this year, Cointelegraph reported.
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Ethereum developer Tim Peko provided the updated timeline via Twitter on Wednesday, tentatively stating that core developers are in the final stage.
It won't be in June, but it will probably happen in the next few months, Biko said. No confirmed date yet, but we're definitely in the final chapter. Who fixed the stake on Ethereum.
After noting that his comments caused an uproar among Ethereum supporters and opponents alike, Beko followed up on Thursday by noting that it might be difficult to analyze progress in TheMerge when no Be deep in the process.
To provide additional context, Beko published a blog post with a deeper synopsis.
According to the developer, no specific date will be set until customer teams are sure that software applications have been thoroughly tested and are error-free.
Central to these last phases is the beta run of public test networks such as Killen, and the rollout of beta splits enabling developers to test various apps related to the Merge/Proof of Stake upgrade on network.
Earlier this week, Ethereum Foundation developer Baritush Jayanti suggested that there is still a fair amount of trial and error, after noting that Three beta split testing found errors ranging from async code to requests timed out.