Leaving Proof-of-Work | Ben Edgington & Tim Beiko | Compass Podcast

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English - January 27, 2022 12:00 - 39 minutes - ★★★★★ - 36 ratings
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The formal specification for Ethereum 2.0 is almost done and everyone is wondering when and how the Merge will happen. Ben Edgington & Tim Beiko, two developers working on implementing Eth 2.0, join us to talk about when and how a transition of such scale will take place.

Ben Edgington: https://twitter.com/benjaminion_xyz

Tim Beiko: https://twitter.com/TimBeiko

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🎥 TIMESTAMPS:

Begin 00:00:00:00

Intro 00:00:44:28

When will ETH2 merge? 00:02:14:27

ETH2 vs. Consensus Layer 00:09:15:00

Execution vs. consensus 00:15:40:17

Preparing for merge 00:20:08:02

The moment of the switch 00:24:21:03

What happens right after 00:30:46:26

Finality and checkpoints 00:31:25:12

Hashrate during merge 00:33:46:19

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