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.
Timestamps
- 00:44 Intro
- 02:14 When will ETH2 merge?
- 09:15 ETH2 vs. Consensus Layer
- 15:40 Execution vs. consensus
- 20:08 Preparing for merge
- 24:21 The moment of the switch
- 30:46 What happens right after
- 31:25 Finality and checkpoints
- 33:46 Hashrate during merge
Audio version
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