Ethereum successfully executes final network test before the update. –

• The final dress rehearsals have been taking place every week for the last few months.
• The update will probably be launched between September 13 and 15

In the exciting growth of Ethereum ’s much-awaited merge, the creators of the network have taken a continuous test to ensure that everything goes flawlessly when Ethereum’s proof of stake is launched anytime in the next week.  

Today, the second largest cryptocurrency, fortunately, ended up what its creators say is the real final dress rehearsal for the famous and most significant update, which will probably be launched between September 13 and 15.

The Ethereum mainnet’s 13th shadow fork was live today, evidently without any glitch. Shadow forks are centered trial runs of the characteristics of the merge, which experiment for potential problems and imitate the act of moving the Ethereum mainnet’s basic mechanism from the present proof of work to proof of stake, which will stop the act of mining on the platform.

In an interview, many Ethereum developers accepted that the final shadow fork was established without any glitch today. “No difficulties were faced,” Ethereum chief developer Marius Van Der Wijden confirmed.

The difficulties faced by Ethereum

Last week, at the time of Bellatrix, a vital pre-merge update, the Ethereum network experienced some difficulties when its “missed block rate” was cut by almost 1,700%.

The missed-block-rate metric estimates how often the Ethereum network is not able to check a block of transactions directed for validation. Basically, nearly 0.5% of blocks face this problem, and in the hours complying with the Bellatrix update, that figure hiked to 9%.

The developers of Ethereum credited the difficulty to a deficit of preparation from some node operators who had still to upgrade their customers to the proper merge-ready software. Node operators are the persons and companies that put the backside framework of the Ethereum network working.

During the Bellatrix update, 25.2 of Ethereum’s nodes need to update their software even now. At the time of writing, the figure has decreased to 15.4% per Ehernodes. Terence Tsao, an Ethereum chief developer, told in an interview that the shadow fork trial this missed block rate problem and searched it to operate “primarily perfectly.” 

The developers of the network have been operating dress rehearsals of the merge once a week for the last few months, trying to figure out the situations that may possibly hinder or postpone the launch. With tens of billions of dollars cost of virtual assets, apps, and DeFi equipment is made on top of the Ethereum network. The developers have frequently warned assurance that the update will go as designed.

However, the trial has been carried on– maybe the further thing to propose developers some peace of mind.

Nancy J. Allen is a crypto enthusiast and believes that cryptocurrencies inspire people to be their own banks and step aside from traditional monetary exchange systems. She is also intrigued by blockchain technology and its functioning.

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