ETH 2.0’s beacon chain genesis has been confirmed for Dec. 1, following the switch of 524,288 Ether from 16,384 validators into the ETH 2.Zero depo
ETH 2.0’s beacon chain genesis has been confirmed for Dec. 1, following the switch of 524,288 Ether from 16,384 validators into the ETH 2.Zero deposit contract because it went reside on Nov. 4.
Regardless of early considerations stemming from low staking participation, transfers to the deposit contract quickly elevated over the previous day — with greater than 200,000 ETH being despatched to the contract prior to now 14 hours.
ETH 2.0’s beacon chain genesis is now set to happen on the earliest doable launch date of Dec. 1, with genesis going down seven days after the required deposit contract’s threshold was met.
Each single Etherean proper now pic.twitter.com/ACqF7laFfG
— Anthony Sassano | sassal.eth (@sassal0x) November 24, 2020
Whereas genesis contributors won’t be able to withdraw their cash till ETH 2.Zero reaches Section 1.5 — which is able to merge the Ethereum mainnet with ETH 2.0’s beacon chain and sharded setting — many hodlers are ready for third-parties to launch withdrawal-enabled staking providers, regardless of the potential danger of exit scams.
The deposit contract’s threshold was met with roughly 9 hours to go till its deadline.
We did it! Ethereum’s proof of stake chain will launch on December 1st.
%. We’ve got now reached the minimal essential for chain launch, together with the pending transactions pic.twitter.com/kPGNX6qqk6
— Evan Van Ness (@evan_van_ness) November 24, 2020
