The Ethereum blockchain completed its long-awaited “merge” on Thursday morning, migrating the process it uses to confirm the authenticity of transactions on the network from proof of work to proof of stake. (Read more in The Information’s Crypto Global explainer here .) Ethereum is the largest blockchain on which developers build other applications. Its market capitalization, roughly...
Ethereum Migrates to Proof of Stake, Completing Highly Anticipated Merge
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