Devs Set Ethereum 2.0 (ETH) Launch Date for January 3, 2020

(ETH) will launch its 2.0 technological upgrade on January 3, 2020, coinciding with the 11th anniversary of the (BTC) genesis block. But this time, the network will move away from mining, by initiating the much talked about proof-of-stake protocol switch.

The date was set in a recent developers’ call:

https://twitter.com/SharkCIANews/status/1140670956349865985

Ethereum tried to wean miners off their activity over the years, gradually decreasing the block reward from 5 ETH to 2 ETH per block.

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