{"id":17932,"date":"2026-03-04T19:18:55","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/finalized-no-36-ethereum-foundation-blog\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T19:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:18:55","slug":"finalized-no-36-ethereum-foundation-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/finalized-no-36-ethereum-foundation-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Finalized no. 36 | Ethereum Foundation Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/images\/posts\/upload_4dae2a4ab4b6c89615b4b5c624c04b52.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">tl;dr<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"chakra-code css-gk0tva\">\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">Merge sequence engaged \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"chakra-heading group css-1kpzc4q\" id=\"mainnet-merge-incoming\" data-group=\"true\"><a class=\"chakra-link css-128fqrf\" aria-label=\"mainnet merge incoming permalink\" href=\"#mainnet-merge-incoming\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"chakra-icon css-173jpr1\"><g fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M10.458,18.374,7.721,21.11a2.853,2.853,0,0,1-3.942,0l-.892-.891a2.787,2.787,0,0,1,0-3.941l5.8-5.8a2.789,2.789,0,0,1,3.942,0l.893.892A1,1,0,0,0,14.94,9.952l-.893-.892a4.791,4.791,0,0,0-6.771,0l-5.8,5.8a4.787,4.787,0,0,0,0,6.77l.892.891a4.785,4.785,0,0,0,6.771,0l2.736-2.735a1,1,0,1,0-1.414-1.415Z\"\/><path d=\"M22.526,2.363l-.892-.892a4.8,4.8,0,0,0-6.77,0l-2.905,2.9a1,1,0,0,0,1.414,1.414l2.9-2.9a2.79,2.79,0,0,1,3.941,0l.893.893a2.786,2.786,0,0,1,0,3.942l-5.8,5.8a2.769,2.769,0,0,1-1.971.817h0a2.766,2.766,0,0,1-1.969-.816,1,1,0,1,0-1.415,1.412,4.751,4.751,0,0,0,3.384,1.4h0a4.752,4.752,0,0,0,3.385-1.4l5.8-5.8a4.786,4.786,0,0,0,0-6.771Z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a>Mainnet Merge incoming<\/h2>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">Yesterday on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"chakra-link css-vezwxf\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CIAGQMUKEZ4\">Consensus Layer call<\/a>, client engineers agreed on Mainnet parameters for the Merge &#8212; a Bellatrix epoch of <span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">144896<\/span> and a Paris TTD of <span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">58750000000000000000000<\/span> (tentative). The TTD is based on Proof-of-Work difficulty and is thus a bit hard to estimate precisely. The <em class=\"chakra-text css-0\">target date<\/em> is September 15, 2022, but this estimate might have even a week of error. On this coming week&#8217;s All Core Dev call estimates will be re-checked, and the TTD will either be confirmed or a final adjustment will be made to better hit the target date.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"chakra-code css-gk0tva\">\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">Reminder\ud83d\udca1: The Merge consists of a sequence of two upgrades &#8212; <em class=\"chakra-text css-0\">Bellatrix<\/em> on the Consensus Layer followed by <em class=\"chakra-text css-0\">Paris<\/em> on the Execution Layer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">Bellatrix upgrades the Beacon Chain to be &#8220;Merge aware&#8221;, embedding the Beacon Chain with the Merge logic as validators begin dilligently monitoring the Proof-of-Work chain to initiate the Merge transition. Bellatrix is activated at the chosen epoch.<\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">Paris is the Merge transition itself, in which Ethereum Mainnet hot-swaps its consensus from Proof-of-Work to the Beacon Chain&#8217;s Proof-of-Stake. The Paris upgrade activates at the chosen Terminal Total Difficulty (TTD).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 class=\"chakra-heading group css-xuzltg\" id=\"\ufe0f-all-hands-on-deck-\ufe0f\" data-group=\"true\"><a class=\"chakra-link css-128fqrf\" aria-label=\"\ufe0f all hands on deck \ufe0f permalink\" href=\"#\ufe0f-all-hands-on-deck-\ufe0f\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"chakra-icon css-173jpr1\"><g fill=\"currentColor\"><path d=\"M10.458,18.374,7.721,21.11a2.853,2.853,0,0,1-3.942,0l-.892-.891a2.787,2.787,0,0,1,0-3.941l5.8-5.8a2.789,2.789,0,0,1,3.942,0l.893.892A1,1,0,0,0,14.94,9.952l-.893-.892a4.791,4.791,0,0,0-6.771,0l-5.8,5.8a4.787,4.787,0,0,0,0,6.77l.892.891a4.785,4.785,0,0,0,6.771,0l2.736-2.735a1,1,0,1,0-1.414-1.415Z\"\/><path d=\"M22.526,2.363l-.892-.892a4.8,4.8,0,0,0-6.77,0l-2.905,2.9a1,1,0,0,0,1.414,1.414l2.9-2.9a2.79,2.79,0,0,1,3.941,0l.893.893a2.786,2.786,0,0,1,0,3.942l-5.8,5.8a2.769,2.769,0,0,1-1.971.817h0a2.766,2.766,0,0,1-1.969-.816,1,1,0,1,0-1.415,1.412,4.751,4.751,0,0,0,3.384,1.4h0a4.752,4.752,0,0,0,3.385-1.4l5.8-5.8a4.786,4.786,0,0,0,0-6.771Z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/a>\u26a0\ufe0f All hands on deck \u26a0\ufe0f<\/h3>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">Stakers, infrastructure providers, users, and community members &#8212; <strong><span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">this is your warning<\/span><\/strong>. The Merge mainnet sequence <strong>is engaged<\/strong>. For the next ~5 weeks, stay tuned, watch for updates, remain agile, and be ready for anything. The following is the high level of dates and events expected to unfold:<\/p>\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"css-1ars4k6\">\n<li class=\"css-0\"><strong><em class=\"chakra-text css-0\"><span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">[2022\/08\/18]<\/span><\/em><\/strong> &#8212; TTD reassessed and finalized on All Core Devs call<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-0\"><strong><em class=\"chakra-text css-0\"><span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">[2022\/08\/18 to 2022\/8\/22]<\/span><\/em><\/strong> &#8212; EL and CL teams cut Mainnet software releases<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-0\"><strong><em class=\"chakra-text css-0\"><span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">[2022\/08\/23]<\/span><\/em><\/strong> &#8212; Client resources, EF blog, and other community and infrastructure announcements of final parameters and releases<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-0\"><strong><em class=\"chakra-text css-0\"><span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">[2022\/09\/06 11:34:47am UTC]<\/span><\/em><\/strong> &#8212; Bellatrix Mainnet upgrade\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"css-1ars4k6\">\n<li class=\"css-0\">All stakers <strong><em class=\"chakra-text css-0\">must<\/em><\/strong> upgrade to EL+CL Merge-ready nodes before this time<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-0\">All infrastructure providers, users, and community members <strong><em class=\"chakra-text css-0\">should<\/em><\/strong> upgrade PoW nodes to EL+CL Merge-ready nodes before this time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-0\"><strong><em class=\"chakra-text css-0\"><span class=\"chakra-text css-ons8vw\">[Estimated: 2022\/9\/15]<\/span><\/em><\/strong> &#8212; Paris Mainnet Merge transition\n<ul role=\"list\" class=\"css-1ars4k6\">\n<li class=\"css-0\">All infrastructure providers, users, and community members <strong><em class=\"chakra-text css-0\">must<\/em><\/strong> upgrade to EL+CL Merge-ready nodes before this time. Plan on configuring systems at least one week in advance and ideally before Bellatrix<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">Between initial mainnet release announcements and the final Merge transition, users must remain diligent &#8212; monitoring client channels, the EF blog, and other public resources for any new information. Specifically, client teams might release final <em class=\"chakra-text css-0\">hardened<\/em> versions of their software in this time frame and, if possible, users should upgrade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"chakra-text css-gi02ar\">Huge shout-out to the engineers, researchers, and community members that have worked tirelessly, putting countless hours into this. Merge sequence engaged \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ethereum.org\/en\/2022\/08\/12\/finalized-no-36\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>tl;dr Merge sequence engaged \ud83d\ude80 Mainnet Merge incoming Yesterday on the Consensus Layer call, client engineers agreed on Mainnet parameters for the Merge &#8212; a Bellatrix epoch of 144896 and a Paris TTD of 58750000000000000000000 (tentative). The TTD is based on Proof-of-Work difficulty and is thus a bit hard to estimate precisely. The target date [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"kronos_expire_date":[],"class_list":["post-17932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethereum"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17932"},{"taxonomy":"kronos_expire_date","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cryptoted.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kronos_expire_date?post=17932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}