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Everybody's Throwing a Watch Party for the Ethereum Merge. Here's Where to Go
Burn the night away, and the last blocks of proof-of-work ether, with these watch parties.
By Sam Reynolds
Updated May 11, 2023, 6:47 p.m. Published Sep 14, 2022, 5:15 a.m.
The Ethereum Merge is becoming an occasion for celebration on top of all the speculation.
Ethereum, the second-biggest blockchain network, is scheduled to transition from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) a little after 12:30 a.m. ET, 5:30 a.m. BST, or 12:30 p.m. in Hong Kong and Singapore.
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For HODLers of ether , and users of the Ethereum protocol, this is a monumental shift that had been years in the making. As PoW cryptocurrencies are routinely criticized for being energy intensive, one of the major benefits of this transition will be a stark reduction in the network’s energy usage to the tune of 99.95% according to the Ethereum Foundation.
Even though the Merge will take place overnight for most in North America and Europe, the event itself has a festival-like feel to it, a sort of Super Bowl but with more brains than brawn.
The crypto-finance newsletter Bankless aggregated a list of no fewer than six Ethereum Merge watch parties, mostly virtual but a few being held in real life.
The Merge watch parties
For those who want to stay up and party with their fellow HODLers, below is a list of live stream watch parties:
Bankless: The eve of the Merge Livestream (Sept. 14, 5 p.m. ET)
Ethereum Foundation: Ethereum Merge viewing party (Sept. 14, 11 p.m. ET)
The Boston DAO Ethereum Merge Soiree
We will be hosting a get-together tomorrow evening to celebrate the Ethereum Merge as we transition from PoW to PoS.
— The Boston DAO (@TheBostonDAO) September 14, 2022
Come join us on 9/15 for food, drinks and Merge talk! DM us to RSVP.
Huge thanks to @G20Ventures @coinfund_io @EFDevcon @EF_ESP for sponsoring this event. pic.twitter.com/U6tbHzZuDy
And for those at EthBerlin in Germany, conference organizers have put together an in-real-life launch party kicking off that evening. Sources say the RVSP password is hacktheplanet."
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