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Core developer at Ethereum discusses post-merge changes

 


Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko has outlined several suggestions and expectations of the proposed merge for application and protocol developers on Ethereum.


For average users of applications and protocols, Beiko suggests just experimenting to make sure nothing is broken. Meanwhile, more tests would be conducted. He tweeted on Tuesday: "Try it, if something is unclear or broken, leave a comment."

Beiko calls on users and developers to "be alert and ready" for the merge.


The so-called merge is the much-anticipated moment when the Ethereum network transitions from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus. From then on, the Consensus Layer will apply, which is expected to come into force in August of this year.


Testing across multiple test networks focused on making sure there weren't cross-client issues or that existing applications wouldn't work at all after the merge. Beiko tweeted that such issues are likely to be rare, since "99 percent of changes affect the protocol layer," while "almost no changes are made to the application layer."

Beiko went on to say that developers should be aware that there will be two major changes to how smart contracts work with the merge. First, he reminded that the so-called beacon randomness, which plays a role in the execution of applications, will change. This is necessary to move to PoS and was mentioned in an update from the Ethereum Foundation last November .


The second change is that block times will be reduced from 13 seconds per block to 12. With this change, smart contracts that use block production speed as a unit of time will run one second faster after the merge.


Beiko is confident that despite the delays in the merge, potential problems can be summarized relatively clearly:

"Aside from cross-client testing and those two edge cases, the greatest risk of failure is in the 'tooling and infra pipelines'."

Finally, he assured that the merge would be further delayed if further issues were to arise during the extensive testing and shadow forks to ensure the security of the network:

"If at any point we see issues, we will of course take the time to fix them before moving forward. Only then will we consider moving mainnet to Proof of Stake."

ETH investors worried about coins being unlocked and dumped on merge can rest easy. Korpi, a DeceDeFi scout, tweeted Monday that the Ether ( ETH ) staked on the Beacon Chain can now no longer be unlocked without a later upgrade of the network once the merge has occurred. This includes the rewards earned from staking.

He also explained that the unlocked coins will not be released all at once, but incrementally, and that these coins are often long-term holdings held by investors who are very unlikely to want to sell them.


There are currently 12.6 million ETH staked on the Beacon Chain . The Beacon Chain was one of the first steps towards a PoS network for Ethereum and was launched in December 2020.

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