The Ethereum Foundation has changed its name, and the word "Eth2" has been phased out + Accept DOGE, and I'll eat a happy meal on TV - Elon to McD

News • 2022/01/26 • by
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  • The Ethereum Foundation has discontinued the term "execution layer" in favor of the "consensus layer" for the enhanced proof-of-stake (PoS) chain.
  • Elon Musk's Twitter spat with McDonald's intensified when the Tesla CEO promised to consume a happy meal while watching television.

Eth2 has renamed itself

The Ethereum Foundation said on Monday that the Eth2 branding did not adequately reflect the network's upgrading process:

The long-awaited switch from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake consensus is scheduled to occur in the second or third quarter of this year.

The foundation defended its position by claiming a "deficient mental model for new users," fraud protection, including, on, and stake transparency.

One problem with the Eth2 branding is that it shatters the mental models of new Ethereum users. Eth1 is analyzed first, followed by Eth2. "Alternatively, after Eth2 is established, Eth1 may vanish."

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"Neither of these statements is right," the blog post continues. "By eliminating the Eth2 terminology, we free all future users from this difficult mental model."

According to the new terminology, specific features such as the Beacon Chain, merging, and sharded chains will be referred to as "upgrades."

According to the foundation, renaming Eth2 will help prevent frauds in which bad actors trick victims into swapping their Ether (ETH) for fraudulent "ETH2" tokens, unaware that their Ether (ETH) will effortlessly transition to Eth2 after the merger.

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According to the blog post, scammers have taken advantage of the Eth2 confusion to trick users into swapping their ETH for ETH2 tokens or moving their ETH prior to the Eth2 update.

When the transfer was announced on Reddit's r/Ethereum thread, the majority of people laughed it off or complained about the transfer's length.

"I don't care what you label it as long as you submit it immediately," Reddit user u/ghfsgiwaa observed.

Rebranding, according to Redditor u/Kristkind, is "too late," since the word "Eth2" has already been widely accepted by the media and users:

"Everyone in the media, especially those in the cryptocurrency industry, refers to Ethereum as 2.0 or Eth2. To be honest, I feel this is a superior approach since it is more accessible than the 'consensus layer,' which needs a full grasp of the network's architecture."
According to Vitalik Buterin, the Ethereum white paper anticipated DeFi but not NFTs.

After the merger and a genuine migration to Proof of Stake (PoS), the shard chain improvement is scheduled for late 2022 or early 2023.

The inclusion of shard chains will divide the network's load over 64 additional chains, boosting scalability and capacity.

Despite the fact that 2022 is shaping up to be an excellent year for Ethereum, the price of Ether has fallen 40% in the previous 30 days, to about $2,437 at the time of writing.

Elon Musks vows to eat a happy meal on TV if Mc Donalds accepts DOGE

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered to consume a McDonald's children's meal live on television in exchange for the fast-food giant accepting Dogecoin (DOGE) as an official payment option.

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Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, tweeted early Tuesday morning, "I'd eat a Happy Meal on television if McDonald's took Dogecoin." DOGE's price increased by 7% in response to Musk's tweet, jumping from $0.135 to $0.145, where it is now trading.

In contrast to Musk's prior tweets, which had a far higher influence on markets, a recent statement about using it to buy Tesla items prompted DOGE to jump by approximately 25%. While the current decline may have helped, Musk's capacity to influence markets seems to be fading
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McDonald's responded after ten hours, "Only if Tesla accepts Grimacecoin," a reference to the 1980s anthropomorphic fuzzy purple McDonaldland character known as "Grimace." Only minutes following the announcement, Grimace Coin (GRIMACE) was produced on the Binance Smart Chain. "Investing in a freshly minted meme coin is not a sensible financial move," the message reads.

The Wall Street Journal and The Independent promoted Musk's cryptocurrency tweets, as is common for mainstream media outlets.

Recently, a crypto joke involving McDonald's gathered steam on Twitter, and the millionaire has joined in the fun. A McDonald's job is a recurrent joke among bitcoin influencers and investors who have suffered market losses.

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Salvado President Nayib Bukele joined the trend on Sunday, sharing a photo of himself wearing a McDonald's hat and a nametag with the emblem.

While crypto memes may seem benign, Musk has often exploited his 71.5 million Twitter followers to wreak havoc on the market. Musk said earlier this month that Dogecoin would be accepted as payment on the Tesla website, resulting in huge price fluctuations. Later that month, Musk said that Bitcoin will be phased out as a Tesla payment option starting in mid-2021, precipitating a market crash.

"Tweets that have an effect on other people's money are neither amusing or prudent," Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said (CZ). He argues that tweets on finance are neither amusing nor responsible.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently told Time Magazine, "I'm more at ease pumping Dogecoin."

'Bitcoin is not an acceptable substitute for fiat money.'

Despite the fact that Bitcoin has fewer transactions than DOGE, the billionaire says that the cryptocurrency's transaction costs are excessive. Musk believes that Bitcoin is more suited as a wealth store than DOGE is for transactions and spending.

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