The Merge is the event during which Ethereum’s new Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus layer, the Beacon Chain, merges with and takes the place of its Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus engine that is currently responsible for the security and block production of the network. After the Ethereum network becomes Proof-of-Stake, it will become much more scalable. This allows for, according to the network’s page on the matter, something called sharding. Sharding refers to the splitting of a database across...