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The Merge and Beyond
In this chapter, we will cover “The Merge,” the name given to the Ethereum upgrade that replaces Proof-of-Work (PoW) with Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus in the Ethereum blockchain. We will also cover what the future holds for Ethereum and how, through many novel technical innovations and upgrades, Ethereum is achieving its eventual goal of becoming a scalable world computer.
We’ll cover the following topics in this chapter.
- Introduction
- Ethereum after the Merge
- The Merge
- Sharding
- The future of Ethereum
Introduction
The goal of Ethereum is to ultimately transition into a scalable, performant, and secure version of Ethereum that will serve as the world computer, which is Ethereum’s original vision. The concept of a world ...
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