A summary of Ethereum's upgrades and their implications on smart contract functionality.| Sigma Prime
Ethereum is moving to proof-of-stake! The transition, known as The Merge, must first be activated on the Beacon Chain with the Bellatrix upgrade. After this, the proof-of-work chain will migrate to proof-of-stake upon hitting a specific Total Difficulty value.| Ethereum Foundation Blog
Learn the minor differences between the behavior of Ethereum and OP Stack chains.| docs.optimism.io
Ethereum's transition to proof of stake -- The Merge -- is near: devnets are being stood up, specifications are being finalized and community outreach has begun in earnest. The Merge is designed to have minimal impact on how Ethereum operates for end users, smart contracts and dapps. That said, there are some minor changes worth highlighting. Before we dive into them, here are a few links to provide context about the overall Merge architecture:| Ethereum Foundation Blog
Support validator withdrawals from the beacon chain to the EVM via a new "system-level" operation type.| Ethereum Improvement Proposals
Specification of the consensus mechanism upgrade on Ethereum Mainnet that introduces Proof-of-Stake| Ethereum Improvement Proposals