ethereum client
OpenEthereum support ends with the Merge fast approaching
One of the most popular Ethereum (ETH) clients, OpenEthereum has ended support for its software in preparation for the upcoming Ethereum Merge. OpenEthereum creates “clients” or software used to interact with the Ethereum network allowing anyone to create an Ethereum node to mine the cryptocurrency which is currently using a proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism. In a Twitter thread the OpenEthereum team explained that with the Merge approaching and the legacy codebase becoming “increasingly difficult to manage” due to its age that it was the right time to end support. OpenEthereum support has officially ended. The repo is now archived, and all maintenance and updates have stopped. Why? And what next? Read the — OpenEthereum is Deprecated (@OpenEthereumOrg) May 24, 2022 The project was f...
