The second largest coin has moved from the Proof-of-Work mechanism of verifying transactions to the Proof-of-Stake
High capital required and the technical difficulty...
The Ethereum merger offers plenty for crypto investors to look forward to but will not generate instant benefits. Ethereum 2.0 will have to go through many phases to reach its full potential. Buterin said at the Ethereum Community Conference on July 22 that after the merge,' Ethereum would be just approximately 55% complete. The full Ethereum merge will occur sometime in 2023.