Tim Beiko of the Ethereum Foundation is here to update us on the merge.

What steps are left? What obstacles do we need to overcome?
Are we merging in August like Justin Drake said? Or later?

Also, there are a lot of misconceptions about the merge! We’re gonna clear them up.

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Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro
7:00 The State of the Merge
12:15 Testnets
15:30 Ropsten Merge
21:13 Client Diversity
24:45 Dress Rehearsals
29:45 Knowing When to Ship
34:00 The Timeline
39:30 Approaching the Merge
47:58 Wen Merge? How Merge?
53:12 Top 5 Misconceptions
1:01:22 Closing Remarks

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Resources:

Tim Beiko on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/TimBeiko?s=20&t=CI2Ox4OKbi1sqcRH98qVtg

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Ethereum Merge Updates! | Tim Beiko

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