Etherscan Community Poll - September 2022

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The Merge is finally here! Review your understanding of the Merge and stand a chance to win $10 in ETH.

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Responses should be made by 25 September 2022 to be in the running.

Is the Merge intended to lower gas price or be the solution to Ethereum scaling? *

Yes

Which of these is a key benefit to Ethereum with the Merge? *

Lower the carbon footprint/energy usage of Ethereum by an estimated 99.5%

Add a Data Availability layer to Ethereum

Increase the price of ETH

Reduce MEV on Ethereum by 99%

How is supply of ETH affected by the Merge? *

ETH supply isn't affected by the Merge

Staked ETH is permanently locked up in the Beacon chain deposit contract

The 2 ETH mining block reward will be removed, lowering the inflation in ETH supply

An influx of new ETH is added from the Beacon chain to the main Ethereum chain

What are differences between a Miner in PoW and a Validator in PoS? *

Miners race each other to create new blocks while validators are assigned to create blocks by random chance

Miners are incentivized to mine blocks while validators are not incentivized to validate blocks

Miners buy specialized hardware and use up a lot of electricity while validators need to lock up a substantial amount of their cryptocurrency to stake

Solo mining ETH is accessible for most people while solo staking/validating is not accessible for most people

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