Ethereum developers identified several bugs before the Ethereum Fusion. The Merger will ensure the change of Ethereum from a PoW consensus mechanism to PoS. The highly anticipated update in the crypto community is scheduled to take place between September 10 and 20.
Some Ethereum developers have been raising concerns about the network’s upcoming “Merge,” a transition from Proof-of-Work consensus to Proof-of-Stake.
Péter Szilágyi, a team lead on an open source platform, pointed out a bug in Geth 1.10.22, the latest Go Ethereum update, which can “cause test/status to break”:
“Aaand our latest release is borked. 😕 Geth 1.10.22 contains a regression that causes the trie/state to go bad. Most probably it’s one of the PRs we’ve merged towards the new storage model / online pruner. Trying to find and fix the issue.”
“A Phase of Strict Stabilization”
An Ethereum lead developer at Ethereum research and engineering company Nethermind, Daniel C, shared that his team had similar issues, and that is why they went into “a strict stabilization phase” before the Merge, which means “only master branch fixes are merged” at this time.
Szilágyi later confirmed that the Ethereum developers found the reason behind the bug, adding that the data loss only occurs when shutting down and providing the latest release, a “hotfix” for Geth 1.10.22 called Sentry Omega.
The Merge: One of the most anticipated events
The Go Ethereum open source project, run by Ethereum developers on GitHub, has been updating the community and communicating issues the network might be experiencing.
The Ethereum Merge is one of the most anticipated events in the cryptocurrency industry. It is an update that will change the Ethereum Blockchain from a PoW to PoS consensus mechanism. The change is expected to increase network efficiency in terms of speed and reduce power consumption by up to 99.5%.
The official release date of the Merge has finally been announced by the Ethereum Foundation: the upgrade will take place between September 10 and 20.
The Bellatrix update, which begins the final countdown, is expected to go live on September 6.
Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has always advocated the Proof-of-Stake protocol. In his November 2020 blog post, he outlined the reasons why he thinks PoS is better than PoW, including security.
Even though the network may not be fully ready yet, with potential hiccups along the way, the community remains very optimistic about what one of the biggest events in the industry means, with the support of Reddit users, Mark Cuban, and cryptocurrency companies.
By Audy Castaneda
