The new development was shared by a developer working on Go Ethereum, identified on Twitter as Marius VanDerWijden. According to the Ethereum developer, the launch of The Merge on Goerli testnet was initially delayed due to some issues that surfaced on the network.

Although developers are still troubleshooting to get around the issue, he said the testnet is currently working smoothly.

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Marius VanDerWijden tweeted, “And we finalized on goerli. There was some confusion on the network because of two different terminal blocks and lots of non-updated nodes, so we didn’t finalize earlier. We’re still looking into whats happening, but so far it looks quite good.”

And we finalized on goerli
There was some confusion on the network because of two different terminal blocks and lots of non-updated nodes, so we didn't finalize earlier. We're still looking into whats happening, but so far it looks quite good

— MariusVanDerWijden (@vdWijden) August 11, 2022

The Major Cause of Issues

Regarding what is really causing the problem, Marius said the major issue with the previous and latest testnets is not the code itself, but people not updating to the correct software or misconfiguring their setups.

It's kinda accurate yes, there have been some minor issues found on the previous testnets, but the big thing is people not updating to the correct software or missconfiguring their setups

— MariusVanDerWijden (@vdWijden) August 11, 2022

When a user asked if this is an indication that nodes are failing to properly transition to proof-of-stake mechanism, he said “No, it’s pos/beaconchain nodes not updating correctly.”

The new development shows that things are progressing according to plan. In an announcement in late July, Tim Beiko, an Ethereum core developer, said Prater will run through the Bellatrix upgrade and then merge with Goerli between 6th and 12th August 2022.

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In the update, he urged those who run nodes to go through the process as there won’t any more opportunity to get it done before mainnet.

In the announcement, Tim Beiko said, “Prater will run through the Bellatrix upgrade on August 4th, and merge with Goerli between August 6-12th: if you run a node or validator, this is your last chance to go through the process before mainnet.”

So, the recently launched testnet will determine what to expect after the network fully transitions to PoS. The Merge is slated to play out in September. And considering the progress the team is making, Ethereum PoS may happen as scheduled.

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Goerli/Prater Merge Announced

The popular Ethereum blockchain is on course to transition from running a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus algorithm mechanism to proof-of-stake (PoS). It is said that this historic upgrade will make Ethereum a more scalable and mature blockchain. 

While the Merge event on the Ethereum blockchain is scheduled for September, developers have been carrying out several final stage testings like shadow forks, devnets, and merges on deprecated public testnets to clear the path.

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So far, two public testnets (Sepolia and Ropsten)  have successfully implemented the merge upgrade with one testnet left – Goerli. Goerli is associated with a Beacon Chain, Prater. After the Goerli/Prater merge will be the transitioning of the Ethereum mainnet to PoS. 

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In a recent blog post, Ethereum developers have confirmed the exact date the Goerli/Prater testnet will run through the merge. The Goerli/Prater merge will happen between August 6-12, 2022 after the activation of Bellatrix and when Goerli hits a total difficulty of 10790000.

Per the announcement, Bellatrix is the Prater upgrade readying the testnet for The Merge. To note, the Prater upgrade (Bellatrix) is expected to happen on August 4, 2022, at epoch 112260.

It is worth noting that, Ethereum’s Proof-of-Stake network operates in epochs rather than blocks. In context, one epoch equals 32 blocks.

Therefore, the Goerli Merge will be a two-step process with the first stage being the Prater upgrade dubbed Bellatrix, on the consensus layer (CL).

The second step will be the transition of the execution layer (EL) from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake. This second network upgrade is nicknamed Paris. 

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Scalability In-View

The quest to improve the Ethereum blockchain, making it more scalable, mature, and cost-friendly began in December 2020 when the Beacon Chain was successfully launched. 

While the current stage of the biggest upgrade (The Merge) on the Ethereum network is near execution, the final stage involving the introduction of sharding on the blockchain is planned for the second half of 2023. 

Thereafter, the leading smart contract platform, Ethereum would have tackled its current scalability and high transaction fees problems. Meanwhile, miners would be replaced with validators as the PoS mechanism doesn’t support crypto mining.

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