May 25, 2022 03:40AM ET
By: AnalysisWatch
One of the most popular Ethereum (ETH) clients, OpenEthereum, has dropped support for its software in preparation for the upcoming Ethereum Merge.
OpenEthereum develops "clients," or software that interacts with the Ethereum network and allows anyone to set up an Ethereum node and mine the cryptocurrency, which is currently based on a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism.
In a Twitter thread, the OpenEthereum team said that with the merge approaching and the legacy codebase becoming "increasingly difficult to manage" due to its age, it was the right time to end support.
The project was previously owned by blockchain infrastructure company Parity Technologies before becoming the property of OpenEthereum's decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) in December 2019.
The Merge is the name for the planned upgrade to the Ethereum blockchain that will merge the existing proof-of-stake beacon chain, launched in December 2020, with the current proof-of-work main network that validates transactions on the network.
The planned upgrade has been steadily delayed since it was first proposed in 2016 and was originally scheduled for 2019. It was assumed that the merger would take place in mid-2022, but delays occurred in April.
Due to the upcoming Repsten testnet merger, Ethereum developer Preston Van Loon said last week that the upgrade would take place in August 2022 "if everything goes according to plan."
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