Ethereum Merge is finally complete
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Ethereum Merge is finally complete
Ethereum’s proof-of-work mainnet officially has merged with its proof-of-stake consensus layer. Now that the mining of ETH is halted, the emission of new ETH will be reduced by about 90%. This new tokenomics is expected to have a significant impact on the ecosystem in the long run.
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