{"id":65017,"date":"2022-07-28T14:21:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T11:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=65017"},"modified":"2025-09-06T17:39:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T14:39:31","slug":"ethereum-developers-to-move-goerli-testnet-to-proof-of-stake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/ethereum-developers-to-move-goerli-testnet-to-proof-of-stake\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum developers to move Goerli testnet to Proof-of-Stake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethereum team will move the Goerli testnet to the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-the-proof-of-work-pow-algorithm\">Proof-of-Stake<\/a> (PoS) consensus algorithm when the network\u2019s cumulative difficulty (TTD) reaches 10 790 000. According to developers, this is expected to occur between August 6 and 12.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udce2\ud83d\udce2\ud83d\udce2 Goerli\/Prater Merge Announcement \ud83d\udce2 \ud83d\udce2\ud83d\udce2<\/p>\n<p>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 \ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JAz5AJe12B\">https:\/\/t.co\/JAz5AJe12B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Beiko | timbeiko.eth \ud83d\udc3c (@TimBeiko) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimBeiko\/status\/1552382163391090688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As with other testnets, the merge will occur in several stages. The Beacon Chain consensus layer has already been deployed \u2014 it is named Prater.<\/p>\n<p>The next step is activating the Bellatrix upgrade, intended to prepare the final merge. According to lead developer Tim Beiko, this will occur on epoch #112 260, which the network will reach on August 4 at about 15:24 (Kyiv\/Moscow time).<\/p>\n<p>After the merge, the updated testnet will be called Paris. Node operators will need to update clients for the consensus and execution layers. ETH holders do not need to take any action.<\/p>\n<p>On July 6, developers successfully migrated the Sepolia testnet to the PoS algorithm. In June, a similar event <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-team-migrates-ropsten-testnet-to-proof-of-stake-consensus\">occurred<\/a> on the Ropsten testnet.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Sepolia testnet merged! \ud83d\udc3c\ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n<p>Next stop: Goerli! then mainnet! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7szX37rZ7X\">pic.twitter.com\/7szX37rZ7X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 terence.eth \ud83e\udd87\ud83d\udd0a (@terencechain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/terencechain\/status\/1544682874565263360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On July 26, the team <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/eth-clients\/merge-testnets\/tree\/main\/mainnet-shadow-fork-10#readme\">implemented<\/a> the tenth, final \u201cshadow fork\u201d of the Ethereum mainnet. This occurred 26 hours earlier than planned, as the TTD threshold was reached sooner than expected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Shadow forks&#8221; allow developers to test specific aspects of migrating the network to PoS. The latest initiative was aimed at studying the changes that will occur after the Goerli and Prater merge.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, developers <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-developers-approve-pos-transition-timetable-cryptocurrency-up-12\">preliminarily approved<\/a> the migration of the Ethereum mainnet to the PoS consensus algorithm on 19 September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog bitcoin news in our <a href=\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analytics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ethereum team will move the Goerli testnet to the Proof-of-Stake consensus algorithm when the network\u2019s cumulative difficulty (TTD) reaches 10 790 000. 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