Ethereum ($ETH) Creator Vitalik Buterin: ‘The Merge’ Is ‘Very Close to Happening’

On Friday (May 20), Ethereum Foundation co-founder Vitalik Buterin — who published the original Ethereum white paper (titled: “Ethereum White Paper: A next-generation smart contract and decentralized application platform”) in December 2013 — talked about Ethereum’s upcoming move to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. Here is how Ethereum Foundation explains The Merge: “It’s important to remember that initially, […]