# Coin Metrics' State of the Network: Special Merge Update - Host: [coinmetrics.substack.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/coinmetrics.substack.com/) - Saved: September 15, 2022 (2022-09-16T01:26:06Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e39c94ee03ba/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e39c94ee03ba.json ## What Jamie wrote Great recap of the successful Ethereum transition to Proof-of-Stake, away from mining. > At 2:43 AM Eastern Time at block 15537393, Ethereum’s Proof-of-Work era came to an end, ushering in a new age of Proof-of-Stake Ethereum. With no downtime and in the course of just 12 seconds, Ethereum block production successfully transitioned from a globally-distributed group of miners running specialized hardware to a globally-distributed group of validators staking ETH. I stayed up late to watch this event live. It was a fun bit of history to be part of. ## Facts - Kind: [Newsletter](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/newsletter/) ## Appears in - [WT226: Weekly Thing #226 / Patagonia, Merge, Walrus](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/226/), Notable ## Same host - [Coin Metrics’ State of the Network: Issue 194](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3ab564979016/) (coinmetrics.substack.com, February 15, 2023) - [Coin Metrics’ State of the Network: Issue 204](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2d36f018826e/) (coinmetrics.substack.com, April 26, 2023) - [Coin Metrics’ State of the Network: Issue 205](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/e4d4c4f510da/) (coinmetrics.substack.com, May 4, 2023) - [A Claim in the Ether: Tracking the Soaring Demand for Ethereum Staking](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/66afb00dc0f0/) (coinmetrics.substack.com, May 25, 2023) - [Circle's Silver Lining: Unpacking USDC's Supply Drop in an Era of Rising Rates](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/55167f6c3bbb/) (coinmetrics.substack.com, October 10, 2023) ## Saved the same week - [What makes a senior engineer? Writing software vs building systems](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/dc82874f1271/) (codewithstyle.info, September 15, 2022) - [iPhone 14 Pro Camera Preview: The Hardware Changes – Lux](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fc899c29dccb/) (lux.camera, September 15, 2022) - [iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: Scotland — Travel Photographer - Austin Mann](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b0527b387b8e/) (austinmann.com, September 15, 2022) - [The Follower – Dries Depoorter](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a6d9831c46b5/) (driesdepoorter.be, September 15, 2022) - [Billionaire No More: Patagonia Founder Gives Away the Company](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/8121ebb664bc/) (nytimes.com, September 15, 2022) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://coinmetrics.substack.com/p/ethereum-merge-update