Ethereum’s main testnet set for proof-of-stake merge in early June

Ethereum’s main testnet set for proof-of-stake merge in early June

Ethereum’s main public testnet, Ropsten, is set to undergo “the merge” next month in one of the final preparations before the main Ethereum blockchain can switch to proof-of-stake consensus.

The Ropsten testnet Merge will see the proof-of-work (PoW) network combined with a new proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus layer testnet, with its genesis set for May 30. It will simulate what will happen once the actual Merge between Ethereum and the Beacon Chain finally takes place and it becomes a PoS network.