Ethereum Developers Switched Goerli Testnet to Proof-of-Stake Algorithm

The Ethereum team has successfully completed the transition of the Goerli testnet to the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm.

To do this,the developers carried out the merger (The Merge) of the network with the consensus layer of the Beacon Chain PoS blockchain called Prater.

"The merger of the Goerli testnet was successful and it is now a full-fledged chain on Proof-of-Stake.Next (finally) is the Ethereum mainnet.The Merge is coming!", wrote EthHub co-founder Anthony Sassano.

Developer Marius Van Der Weyden noted that inthere was «some confusion» due to many nodes with unupdated software. According to him, there were no problems at the code level during the transition.

In June, the Ethereum team migrated the Ropsten testnet to the PoS algorithm. In July, a similar event took place on the Sepolia testnet.

The Merge activation on the main network is scheduled for September. The Goerli migration was the third and final rehearsal for the merger before it went live on the mainnet.

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Kiln and Rinkeby tightnets will not be transferred to PoS. After the mainnet migration, they will be closed, like Ropsten.

Against the backdrop of the successful last test of The Merge, the price of Ethereum broke through the $1900 mark. During the day, the coin has risen in price by almost 13%.

Hourly chart of ETH/USDT on the Binance exchange. Data: Trading View.

Recall that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin admitted that after switching to the PoS algorithm, the network will eventually reach a throughput of 100,000 TPS.

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