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Ethereum’s development coordinator Tim Beiko shared the announcements about the progress made by Ethereum (ETH) on its road to The Merge.

Ethereum (ETH) eyes The Merge activation on Goerli: Introducing Bellatrix

According to the official announcement shared by Ethereum’s main blog, Ethereum’s key Proof-of-Work (PoW) test network Goerli is set to merge with PoS testnet Prater.

This phase of testnet merge is poised to go live as a part of Bellatrix upgrade. Prater upgrade Bellatrix will go live at epoch 112260 which is  expected to come on August 4, 2022.

Once this upgrade is activated, testnet Ethereum (ETH) will start its Goerli/Prater migration. As such, Goerli - the last major testnet of Ethereum (ETH) - will be merged with Prater between August 6-12, 2022.

As covered by GetBlock previously, Ethereum (ETH) nodes successfully activated The Merge in Sepolia testnet on July 6, 2022.

Wen mainnet?

Ethereum (ETH), a largest smart contracts platform and second blockchain by market capitalization, is putting the final touches to its hotly anticipated upgrade The Merge. Once this upgrade goes live, Ethereum (ETH) will get rid of its Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus; the network will replace mining by staking to be more eco-friendly and resource-efficient.

By August, 2022, Ethereum (ETH) activated The Merge in the majority of its stable and purpose-made testnets. Ethereum (ETH) developers set ‘tentative’ date for mainnet activation of The Merge at September 19, 2022.

Ethereum (ETH) APIs for dApps: GetBlock offers shared and dedicated nodes for Ethereum (ETH)

GetBlock, a leading blockchain nodes provider, meets Ethereum (ETH) merge locked and loaded. Ethereum (ETH) dedicated nodes by GetBlock are ready to on-board decentralized applications of all types. 

Top-ranked on-chain gaming heavyweights and promising early-stage teams are coming to Nervos’ BlockJam to discuss latest trends of GameFi and share their vision on Web3 prospects. 

GetBlock joins BlockJam conference and hackathon for game developers

According to the official statement shared by the representatives of the GetBlock team, it is exciting to join BlockJam, a GameFi and Play-to-Earn hackathon organized by Nervos Network ecosystem.

BlockJam, an online forum and hackathon, kicks off on June 17, 2022. Its main purpose is to educate and excite traditional game developers about the opportunities blockchains can unlock for their products.

During the GameJam hackathon, leading blockchain-focused game developers will demonstrate their skills to peers, enthusiasts and crypto experts. The $50,000 prize pool will be distributed between the winners of various GameFi and Play-to-Earn tracks.

BlockJam’s participants will be able to create amazing new user experiences with blockchain tools and pioneer exciting on-chain gaming tokenomic models.

GetBlock representatives will be attending talks and educational sessions with top-tier web and blockchain experts. Also, our very own Maria Key will demonstrate key benefits of deploying decentralized applications to GetBlock’s shared and dedicated nodes.

GetBlock provides high-performance nodes for GameFi and Play-to-Earn ecosystems

For GetBlock this event is one of the crucial marketing milestones of 2022 as GameFi and Play-to-Earn segments are in the spotlight of its adoption strategy. GetBlock supercharges with its APIs various on-chain gaming ecosystems on Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Polygon.

The musician put the purchased token as an avatar on his Twitter profile.

What’s new? A Twitter user with the nickname GeeGazza posted a message that announced the sale of NFT Bored Ape Yacht Club #9055 for 123,45 ETH (about $450 000). The buyer of the token was the famous rapper Eminem.

“I am living in a simulation. Thank you Eminem for buying my ape and joining the club! Madness. Let me write a lyric in your next single,” is how the previous owner of the token commented on the purchase.

What else is known about the deal? Eminem himself has not yet commented on the purchase but has already managed to post an image of a monkey as a picture for his Twitter profile.