Ethereum, the blockchain behind ether (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, and worth almost $200 billion, will attempt to do what no major blockchain has ever done – switch consensus mechanisms (how computers agree on the state of a network) from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. What impact will this transition, referred to as “the Merge,” have on the dominant cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC)?
Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/09/14/bitcoin-after-the-ethereum-merge-experts-weigh-in/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines