🍪 The merge is in sight

Rise and shine, friends. This is Bite Sized Beta, your friend in tech that hits you up the second the new Beyonce album leaks.

Ok let’s get to it. We’ve got a lot on deck today, but don’t worry, it’s all bite-sized, because…. you know..

In the oven this week:

• 🤑 The merge is in sight
• 📊 Poll results: is the bottom in?
• 🍪 5 bite sized cookies: headlines from the week
• 🍫 Chocolate chips: 3 fun finds
• 😂 Snickerdoodles, because we never skip the memes

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FRESHLY BAKED: THE MERGE IS COMING

If you’re like us and have a crumb of Ethereum, you’ve probably been waiting for “the merge” longer than you’ve been alive.

What’s “the merge?”

It’s a change that switches Ethereum from a proof-of-work to proof-of-stake system.

If this sounds like mumbo jumbo to you, all you gotta know is — it makes ETH a lot faster, less energy intensive, and more scalable.

The problem is, actually doing it is like changing a plane’s engine mid-flight. The merge has been notoriously delayed for years.