While most of the Ethereum community favors switching to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism for validating transactions, some miners are looking to preserve the proof-of-work (PoW) mechanism. If they succeed, the chain will fork, splitting into PoS and PoW chains at the time of the Merge, scheduled for Sept. 13-15. www.coindesk.com
While most of the Ethereum community favors switching to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism for validating transactions, some miners are looking to preserve the proof-of-work (PoW) mechanism. If they succeed, the chain will fork, splitting into PoS and PoW chains at the time of the Merge, scheduled for Sept. 13-15.
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