The “dress rehearsal” of the Ethereum testnet named Ropsten for the consolidation of blockchains on PoW and PoS algorithms will run from June 2-8. This was announced by developer Tim Beiko.

📣 Ropsten Merge Announcement 📣

Ethereum’s longest-lived PoW testnet moves to Proof of Stake! A new beacon chain was launched today and Unification is expected on the network around June 8th.

Node Operators: This is the first dress rehearsal💃https://t.co/0fDHObLOmn

— Tim Beiko | timbeiko.eth 🐼 (@timbeiko) 30 May 2022

Ropsten is one of the oldest PoW testnets with working conditions close to reality. The event will be a test of system performance before the full transition to Ethereum 2.0.

A similar update is expected by other testnets such as Goerli and Sepolia. After that, the focus of developers will shift to the main web.

The Beacon Chain PoS network launched to merge with Ropsten will need to go through a Bellatrix update. In the future, node operators will need to set new equipment parameters.

To mitigate transition risks, the Ethereum Foundation has increased the maximum reward of the bounty program to $250,000.

Recall that the developers looked for August as the most likely date for Ethereum’s transition to the Proof of Stake consensus algorithm.

Previously, the Ethereum 2.0 platform’s Beacon Chain network was rewired to a depth of seven blocks.