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Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake consensus (“The Merge”) is slated to take place next week.
While there aren’t many new user-facing changes, The Merge represents a significant milestone for the protocol.
Clarity on the pace of further protocol changes and the next milestones in the scalability roadmap is likely to improve and will be explored here.
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