Goerli was the last remaining testnet scheduled to undergo the Merge, officially becoming a proof-of-stake blockchain as of 1:45 am UTC, Aug. 11.
The Goerli testnet merge has been finalized without any major issues today, suggesting that there will be no delays to the tentative Ethereum Merge date set.
Numerous key devs and figures in the Ethereum ecosystem have taken to Twitter to share their enthusiasm over the successful merge, such as core dev Preston Van Loon and podcaster/ETH proponent Anthony Sassano, sassal0x on Twitter, who bullishly noted to his 216,400 followers that “next up is the Ethereum mainnet.
However, some noted there were minor issues that were also present in the previous two testnet merges. Ethereum developer Marius van der Wijden noted that there was some confusion on the network because two different terminal blocks and lots of non-updated nodes that slowed the process down slightly but stated that things were looking good anyway.
There is growing confidence now that the highly anticipated Ethereum mainnet merge with the PoS-based Beacon Chain will go through without a hitch, given that Beiko previously stated that the major upgrade will go through on his proposed date of Sept. 19 if the final merge trail runs went through successfully.
In what is being seen as one of the most significant upgrades in blockchain history, the Merge will significantly reduce Ethereum’s energy consumption while bringing the network one step closer to its long-term scalability, security and sustainability goals.
