The launch of the Merge is imminent, Google puts a countdown on its search engine. On the Google search engine, when you search for “The Merge” you can see a countdown appear. A nice little easter egg that indicates the launch date of the project for the second flagship crypto: Ethereum. We will see together the incredible enthusiasm generated by the project in a few figures.
Only 2 days left before the launch of The Merge
To see this counter, simply go to Google Search USA (not available on Google France) and type “The Merge” in the search bar.
The counter indicates several pieces of information, in particular the “Cryptocurrency Difficulty” which refers to the difficulty of mining the blocks necessary for the blockchain.
There is also the “Hash Rate”, ie the computing power required for mining cryptocurrency.
Today the hash rate for The Merge is estimated at around 860 TH/s which represents an astronomical amount of calculations per second. Indeed, 1 TH or also called exahash represents 1 quintillion of calculation or one billion trillions.
We owe this little countdown to Sam Padilla, a developer at Google Cloud. The employee was quick to share this little easter egg on Twitter. However, he clarified that this integration with Google Search was also the work of the internal research team.
We can also see a white panda and a black panda walking toward each other. The closer we get to the final date of The Merge, the closer the pandas get. The white panda represents the “ Consensus Layer ” while the black panda represents the “ Execution Layer ”. These Layers, which are part of The Merge, will help improve the Ethereum Blockchain.
In particular, they will increase the speed and capacity of transactions or improve security while reducing its cost.
The Merge will be complete when the 2 pandas have merged, i.e. September 15, 2022.
Interest has never been so high.
The merger continues to arouse the curiosity of investors. Indeed, if we look at the trends on google trend here is what we can find.
Since August, interest in The Merge has continued to grow. We, therefore, observe a massive enthusiasm around the event.
If we look at the countries where the interest is the strongest, we find Luxembourg at the top of the list, followed by Saint Helena, Singapore, North Macedonia, and finally Lithuania. China is in the 17th position, preceded by the United States. France is only 39th in terms of “The Merge” research.
Despite this growing interest, Ethereum seems to be stagnating and has no real uptrend. Indeed, during the last month, it oscillates between 1900 € and 1400 € without ever exceeding the symbolic threshold of €2000.
At the time of writing this article, Ethereum (ETH) is at €1711.08 and has lost 1.66% in the last 24 hours. Some experts predict that Ethereum will reach its ATH (All-Time High) again during the year 2023 thanks to The Merge.
There is also an increase in ETH domain names. Although some are to facilitate means of payment, others use them for speculative purposes. Indeed, these domain names are selling like hot cakes since their price has been multiplied by 10 years in just 2 months.
In any case, the whole crypto community has its eyes on the merger. We will see in 2 days if this hype is justified around The Merge or if it is a flop.
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