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How the long-awaited upgrade of the second-largest blockchain will affect the crypto market

This was reported by the blockchain’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin after The Merge

According to CoinGecko, the value of the token fell from $45 to $27,42

88,7% of validators have already downloaded updated clients

Vitalik Buterin expects that the launch of The Merge will take place around September 13-15

They are supposedly needed to vote on the upgrade to the Ethereum network

A book called Proof of Stake is already available for pre-order for $200 per copy

The Ethereum co-founder believes this payment method is better suited for international transactions and donations

He noted that PoS has a softfork feature that can be activated by a minority of users in the form of “social consensus”

The company noted that owners of existing tokens will still be able to store, display or claim refunds for them

Rune Christensen’s initiative is designed to eliminate the risk of asset freezing after the Tornado Cash mixer was put on the US sanctions list

The use of stealth addresses will ensure data privacy for token holders