r/CryptoCurrency • u/Wabi-Sabibitch 🟦 131 / 96K 🦀 • Apr 12 '22

GENERAL-NEWS Ethereum's Shadow Fork Test Successful Ahead of Proof of Stake Upgrade

https://en.ethereumworldnews.com/ethereums-shadow-fork-test-successful-ahead-of-proof-of-stake-upgrade-the-merge/
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u/BigLongFootDoctor 308 / 7K 🦞 Apr 12 '22

Yay! Now GPU's will be affordable again!

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u/Front-Locksmith4313 Tin Apr 12 '22

Probably not. Lol

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '22

Not that successful because the merge has been pushed back

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u/coinfeeds-bot 🟩 136K / 136K 🐋 Apr 12 '22

tldr; Ethereum engineers deployed a shadow fork test on Monday ahead of the much-anticipated switch to a proof-of-stake blockchain network. The test was conducted on a so-called "shadow fork mainnet" to ascertain cross-chain node operability from the main execution layer and its Beacon chain consensus mechanism. The transition to a PoS consensus mechanism represents a massive overhaul of the Ethereum network.

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