Members of the Ethereum miner community have spoken out recently stating their intentions to create a hard fork before the merge takes place. Let’s dive in.What is the Merge?Up to this point, Ethereum has been a proof-of-work chain. That is, additional Ether is distributed to crypto miners, who compete to solve puzzles that validate transactions and in turn collect the token rewards. However, for years now, Ethereum has planned to switch to become a Proof-of-Stake blockchain. In a Proof-of-St...

Members of the Ethereum miner community have spoken out recently stating their intentions to create a hard fork before the merge takes place. Let’s dive in.What is the Merge?Up to this point, Ethereum has been a proof-of-work chain. That is, additional Ether is distributed to crypto miners, who compete to solve puzzles that validate transactions and in turn collect the token rewards. However, for years now, Ethereum has planned to switch to become a Proof-of-Stake blockchain. In a Proof-of-St...