The change from was expected in June but is now estimated to happen sometime this year.

Cryptocurrency mining operations havesignificantly increased in the USover the past year.

The ethereum “merge” is expected toreduce the energythe web link consumes by an estimated 99%.

This change has beendelayed multiple timessince its announcement by the Ethereum Foundation a few years back.

“No firm date yet, but we’re definitely in the final chapter of PoW on Ethereum.”

Ethereum, the nativeblockchainof ether, is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap after bitcoin.