73.5% of Ethereum nodes are “ready for The Merge” ahead of the upcoming Bellatrix upgrade for Ethereum on September 6, according to Ethernodes.
Bellatrix upgrades are one of the last necessary steps before the official arrival of The Merge, which will see Ethereum transform into proof-of-stake Between 10-20 September
To be ready for The Merge, Ethereum nodes will need to comply with the Bellatrix upgrade by updating the consensus layer clients prior to epoch 144896 on the Beacon Chain, which is scheduled to occur at 11:34:47 UTC on the 6th. September follow Ethereum Foundation stated
However, with 26.7% of nodes being “not ready” for the Ethereum Merge, Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-founder and principal developer Tim Beiko, took to Twitter to encourage the rest of the node operators to update their clients. self
Bellatrix is tomorrow
Last chance to upgrade your node if you haven’t yet!
We’re mergiiiing
https://t.co/0VQ9zb6wjN
— Tim Beiko | timbeiko.eth
According to the Ethereum Foundation, Ethereum nodes that are not updated prior to the Bellatrix upgrade will allow Ethereum clients to “sync to the pre-fork blockchain.”
“[ผู้ดำเนินการโหนด] will be stuck on an incompatible chain and will not be able to send Ether or process it on the network after Ethereum Merge.”
according to the information of Ethernodes Given that most “not ready” nodes are found in geth clients that have not been upgraded to Geth v1.10.23 or higher.
Other Ethereum clients that need updates include Erigon, Besu, and Nethermind.
All of my validators are merge ready.
— sassal.eth
As the Ethereum Foundation reports, Ethereum users don’t need to do anything with their ETH and Ethereum assets during the Merge, but they should be wary of scams.
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