THE HASH: Ethereum Merge No Longer Expected in June, BTC’s 4-Year Halving Circle May Be Dead and More
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🗓️ 13 April 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
"The Hash" hosts discuss today's top stories including why Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko thinks the merge will be later than expected, bitcoin's 4-year halving cycle might be coming to an end, and crypto mining in a small Argentinian town.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the hash podcast. |
| 0:09.3 | Stay informed with the latest on Bitcoin, ETH, the Metaverse, Web3, and more with stories that matter to the crypto world. |
| 0:16.7 | All on the hash for your ears. |
| 0:19.5 | You're listening to the Coin Desk Podcast Network. |
| 0:25.1 | Hey, we're on the hash. |
| 0:26.7 | You're on the hash. |
| 0:27.8 | Maybe you're watching us. |
| 0:28.5 | Maybe you're listening to us on the Coin Desk podcast network. |
| 0:31.2 | That's also cool. |
| 0:32.3 | Welcome. |
| 0:32.9 | It's Wednesday. |
| 0:33.7 | We've got a lot to get to. |
| 0:35.0 | All sorts of stuff happening here. |
| 0:36.2 | I'm Zach Seward. |
| 0:36.9 | We have Christy Harkin. We have Jensenassie. We have Will Foxley. He's leading us off today. Take it away, |
| 0:41.3 | Will. I sure am. Leading off with a delay. Ethereum is not moving to proof of stake this June. |
| 0:47.7 | It was expected to happen. Everything was lining up perfectly, but it's not going to happen. And now Bitcoin Max on online are having |
| 0:54.3 | a field day for once. So now they're going to move it probably to the fall. This also means that |
| 1:00.0 | there's some other like tech debt is lining up for them. So they have to move something called |
| 1:03.3 | the Ice Age, which is another contentious thing within Ethereum. This is not the story or the |
| 1:08.5 | roadmap the Ethereum team wanted. I think there's the bigness or |
| 1:12.5 | the hugueness or whatever word you want to use for this event is just like being seen in this |
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