There is excitement about the Ethereum Merge. Many may hope the Merge solves many existing problems, but those may become misconceptions.

Here are lists of misconceptions:

❎ Ethereum gas fees will reduce

❎ Transaction will be faster

❎ Ethereum blockchain will be a temporary halt

❎ Investors can withdraw staked ETH after the Merge

❎ Validators will not be able to withdraw rewards

❎ Running a node needs staking 32 ETH

❎ Staking APR is expected to triple

Here are reasons for misconceptions:

Ethereum gas fees will reduce

👉 lowering gas fees requires expanding network capacity 👉 rollup may help

Transaction will be faster

👉 it will not be noticeably faster than before

Ethereum blockchain will be a temporary halt

👉 no downtime

Investors can withdraw staked ETH after the Merge

👉 withdraw available after Shanghai upgrade

Validators will not be able to withdraw rewards

👉 it will be available to the validator immediately

Running a node needs staking 32 ETH

👉 any amounts work

Staking APR is expected to triple

👉 close to a ~50% increase

Why Merge, then?

I don't know. Probably there is nothing to move the crypto market at this point.

The End.

Kidding here.

Despite any false hope, the Merge is a start point to making the blockchain more sustainable.

I do not agree with scalability as the single factor to the Merge but as the product of the upgrade.

It is a test for an open-source organization to collaborate and produce a socially impacting project.

Potentially, the market will benefit from this upgrade.

And helps Coinbase a bit:

There you have it, The Merger!

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