The Ethereum Mainnet merged with the Beacon Chain proof-of-stake network on September 15, 2022. This marks the end of proof-of-work for Ethereum and a full transition to proof-of-stake. This historic upgrade is projected to reduce the Ethereum network's energy consumption by over 99% and sets the stage for future upgrades to further scale the Ethereum network. Holders of this POAP were there to witness the Ethereum Mainnet Merge with the rest of the community and signaled their support to the core developers of this enormous undertaking by sending roughly $10 of ETH to the Protocol DAO, directly funding protocol contributors. Special thanks to all of the client teams, researchers and core developers of the Ethereum Protocol, and to community leaders The Daily Gwei, Bankless, Ethereum Cat Herders, The Ethereum Foundation and EthStaker for their support in preparing the world for this moment. -https://thedailygwei.substack.com/ -https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/ -https://www.ethereumcatherders.com/ -https://ethereum.org/en/ -https://ethstaker.cc/

We'll start off by going over updates from the GUI installer teams, then talk about other projects and ideas as usual.

The highly anticipated block 12,965,000 has finally processed and ushered in EIP-1559. This POAP celebrates all of the hard work and dedication by the Ethereum Foundation and everyone involved to bring such a monumental upgrade to fruition.

The EthStaker crew along with a cast of special guests celebrate the London Network Upgrade with a livestream party. The crew hung out to discuss EIP-1559, painted on the POAP.art canvas, and hosted a POAP.fun raffle. Livestream: https://youtu.be/afAFQY--GlI

You YOLOed into the claimable email list in the first week. Claim this POAP to have an eternal reminder that you got an airdrop about airdrops because you love airdrops THAT much. Note: Only email signups with a valid email address before February 16, 2021 at 9:12am Pacific are valid.

The Beacon Chain Genesis Depositor POAP is awarded to each unique address that submitted a 32 Ether deposit in the beacon chain genesis contract before November 24, 2020 to be included in the beacon chain genesis on December 1, 2020.

The Beacon Chain First 32,769 POAP is awarded to each unique address that was in the first 32,769 block proposals on the Ethereum 2 Beacon Chain that launched December 1, 2020. This POAP badge was designed by borisblock as part of a design contest held on the POAP discord channel.