Ethereum (ETH) is the headline for its history’s most substantial upgrade. The Big event is scheduled to happen at around 5:27 am UTC on Sept. 15. The countdown has begun.
The Ethereum Merge will ensue when the network reaches a total terminal difficulty of 58750000000000000000000 after which the next block produced will be done so through a proof-of-stake mechanism.
There are plenty of options for those who want to watch the Ethereum network make its historic shift to proof-of-stake (PoS) in real-time.
The Ethereum Foundation has scheduled an Ethereum Mainnet Merge Viewing Party live stream ready to go live on YouTube around 4:00 am UTC, which is roughly an hour and a half before the estimated time of the Merge.
Listed guests for The Ethereum Foundation’s live stream include the Ethereum Cat Herders and content creators from Bankless and The Daily Gwei.
The report also hints at other “notable guests,” including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and founder of “The Daily Gwei” Anthony Sassano, who have participated in live streams for testnets in the past.
According to the YouTube description, viewers who join two hours before The Merge can “participate in a POAP art canvas.”
Users wanting the most up-to-date countdown to the Merge can also refer to Merge prediction timers on Bordel.wtf? Google, Wenmerge.com, and Blockchain.com, all have a running tally of the existing total Total Terminal Difficulty and an estimated Merge time.
Once the Merge is complete, Ethereum will complete its full transition to proof-of-stake, which is predicted to radically reduce its energy usage.
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