Ethereum's 'Huge Testing Milestone': Ropsten Testnet Merger Set for June 8th

With the Ropsten testnet merger set to take place on June 8, the ethereum ecosystem is approaching a “massive testing milestone.”

According to the merged testnet page on Github, ethereum DevOps engineer Parathi Jayanathi submitted a pull request for the Ropsten testnet merged configuration code on Monday, indicating that the deployment is ready.

Ropsten is one of several testnets created by the Ethereum Foundation in 2017 and is currently maintained by the Geth development team.

This particular testnet is seen as the best replica of the Ethereum mainnet as it follows a similar network structure. This enables developers to conduct realistic deployment tests before making updates to the actual mainnet.

The Ropsten testnet merger will see the proof-of-work network merge with the new proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus layer testnet. It will simulate what will happen when Ethereum and the Beacon Chain finally and truly merge and become a PoS network.

Developers in the community have said online that they are bullish on the news of this testnet merger. Preston Van Loon, an Ethereum core developer at Prysmatic Labs, said:

"The Ropsten testnet will be merged on June 8th! Merging Ropsten is a huge testing milestone for the Ethereum mainnet merger later this year."

Another core developer, who goes by the Twitter account trent_vanepps, said last week that the Sepolia and Georli testnets may also be experimenting with a merger.

Notably, the testnet timeline is in line with comments made by ethereum developer Tim Beiko last month, when he said the merger would not be ready to go live until “a few months after June.”

“There’s no set date yet, but we’re definitely in the final stages of Ethereum’s PoW,” he said.

Another strong sign that things are moving in the right direction was the Ethereum Foundation’s announcement earlier this week that it had “merged” its PoW mainnet and PoS consensus layer bug bounty programs into one.

Generally speaking, the maximum reward for reporting Ethereum vulnerabilities is $250,000, but the amount can be doubled during important periods, such as upgrades on the public testnet.

“Overall, this marks a 10x increase in the maximum payout for consensus layer bounties and a 20x increase in the maximum payout for executive layer bounties,” the announcement said.

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