tl; drtoday i go over the ethereum merge, taking place at block 15,537,393, with the main purpose of transiting the blockchain from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. the event was perhaps one of the most important checkpoints in the story of blockchain technology, but most of all, a nerd ecstatic moment 😎.🎶 today’s moodhttps://open.spotify.com/track/7ztFsRXXKrkUjMaLn1siHJ?si=266af943170642dbPART I: THE MOTIVATION🧱⛓ Consensus mechanismsConsensus mechanisms define how a peer-to-peer network d...