EIP-3675
Upgrade consensus to Proof-of-Stake
Specification of the consensus mechanism upgrade on Ethereum Mainnet that introduces Proof-of-Stake
FinalMerge
Status history
- Draft22 Jul 2021
- Finaldate not observed
Abstract
This EIP deprecates Proof-of-Work (PoW) and supersedes it with the new Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism (PoS) driven by the beacon chain. Information on the bootstrapping of the new consensus mechanism is documented in EIP-2982. Full specification of the beacon chain can be found in the ethereum/consensus-specs repository. This document specifies the set of changes to the block structure, block…
- Created
- 22 Jul 2021
- Authors
- Mikhail Kalinin, Danny Ryan, Vitalik Buterin
- Upgrades
- Paris (The Merge)Shipped
- Requires
- EIP-2124
- Required by
- EIP-4399