Ropsten is expected to merge with Beacon Chain, Ethereum’s proof-of-stake poS is a type of consensus algorithm that rewards validators according to the amount of crypto they have staked. (PoS)-based chain on June 8.
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- The test merge on Ropsten is crucial before the big Ethereum transition.
- Other Ethereum test networks, Goerli and Sepolia will also test the fusion.
- This is the preliminary step before Ethereum becomes 100% PoS blockchain.
The main testnet an alternative blockchain used by developers for testing. of the Ethereum a decentralized open-source blockchain with smart contracts functionality. , Ropsten is ready for the first big dress rehearsal of ‘.The Merge‘, a long-awaited update that will see blockchain Ethereum change its current proof-of-work poW is a type of consensus algorithm that rewards validators according to the amount of computational power they have expended. (PoW) consensus consensus is achieved when all participants of the network agree on the order and content of the blocks in the blockchain. mechanism to a proof-of-participation (PoS) one.
The well-known developer of Ethereum Tim Beiko, Tim Beiko, announced the news on Twitter . Beiko detailed that the milestone comes after the Ropsten , una red de pruebas PoW, lanzara oficialmente su Beacon Chain, the only PoS chain in Ethereum at present. The two are expected to merge on June 8.
Ropsten merger announcement ¡La red de prueba PoW de mayor duración de Ethereum se está moviendo a Prueba de Participación! Hoy se lanzó una nueva cadena de balizas, y se espera The Merge alrededor del 8 de junio en la red. Operadores de Nodo: este es el primer ensayo general.
???? Ropsten Merge Announcement ????
Ethereum’s longest lived PoW testnet is moving to Proof of Stake! A new beacon chain has been launched today, and The Merge is expected around June 8th on the network.
Node the most basic unit of blockchain infrastructure that stores data. Operators: this is the first dress rehearsal????https://t.co/0fDHObLOmn
– Tim Beiko | timbeiko.eth ???? (@TimBeiko) May 30, 2022
Entendiendo ‘The Merge’
During the last few years, Ethereum has been working on a multi-stage update to change PoW to PoS. Previously called “ Ethereum 2.0 “This long-term change has been touted as the most important of the project to date.
One of the expectations is that the transition, called the‘The Merge(Fusion), allay concerns about energy consumption. Under the new model, transactions will be validated by nodes run by “ participants “, o stakers instead of “ miners contributors to a blockchain taking part in the process of mining. They can be professional miners or organizations with large-scale operations, or hobbyists who set up mining rigs at home or in the office. “This is expected to reduce the energy required to process transactions and issue new coins by 99%.
But changing the consensus mechanism of a blockchain is no easy task, and it requires multiple experiments on test networks like Ropsten before its implementation in the main network.
Created in 2016, Ropsten is one of the most important test chains of Ethereum and is considered to be the best replica of the mainnet an independent blockchain running its own network with its own technology and protocol. of Ethereum because it follows a similar network structure. This close refers to the closing price; similar to the same term used in stock trading. resemblance allows developers to perform realistic testing before integrating updates into the core network.
As he explainsCrypto Briefing, Ropsten stands out as the only proof-of-work test network a network refers to all nodes in the operation of a blockchain at any given moment in time. in the world. Ethereum ; closely replicates any fluctuations in the operating (gas) tariff that developers or users would experience on the main network of Ethereum . It is often used by developers to test smart contracts and decentralized decentralization refers to the property of a system in which nodes or actors work in concert in a distributed fashion to achieve a common goal. applications (dApps).
Next month’s trial update in Ropsten will provide a realistic simulation of what will happen once the main blockchain a distributed ledger system. A sequence of blocks, or units of digital information, stored consecutively in a public database. The basis for cryptocurrencies. of Ethereum if fusion. It should be noted that ‘ The Merge ‘ refers to the point at which the main network of the Ethereum will converge with Beacon Chain based on PoS.
On the road to PoS: What’s next?
According to a thread on tweets from Beiko detailing some of the technical details of ‘The Merge‘ for the miners, “ basically nothing should change change — a concept relevant to cryptocurrencies that use the UTXO model — is the number of coins sent back to a user after they use their unspent outputs to initiate a transaction. “after the merger.
The date for the next update in Ropsten follows the schedule previously outlined by the developers of Ethereum . As reported by DiarioBitcoin In mid-May, Preston Van Loon, a senior developer of Ethereum enPrysmatic Labssaid in a tweet that the PoS merger in Ropsten expected on June 8 .
However, before this step, the Beacon Chain recently launched by Ropsten will undergo an update called “ Bellatrix “to be compatible with ‘The Merge‘. This update is expected to occur around June 2. After this, miners will choose a value known as the Terminal Total Difficulty a measure of how hard it is to validate a new block on a blockchain. (TTD) to trigger the transition, as explained by Decrypt . L Miners should configure their nodes with this value.
Ropsten will not be the only testnet of Ethereum which will test the test participation mechanism before the major transition to the main network. According to a publication by blog de Ethereum : “ After the transition of Ropsten, two more test networks (Goerli and Sepolia) will move to the participation test before the focus shifts to the main network. “.
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Article by Hannah Estefania Perez / DiarioBitcoin
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