Why didn’t Ethereum gas fees get cheaper after “The Merge”?
You can think of “The Merge” as changing the engine on a plane while it’s in flight: account balances, contracts, and transaction history all remain intact; what changes is how blocks are produced.
After “The Merge,” running a full Ethereum node requires running both an execution client and a consensus client.
Don’t laugh—I learned this the hard way, too.
Don’t put all your money into a single project.
$ETH 2516.91(+0.46%)
You can think of “The Merge” as changing the engine on a plane while it’s in flight: account balances, contracts, and transaction history all remain intact; what changes is how blocks are produced.
After “The Merge,” running a full Ethereum node requires running both an execution client and a consensus client.
Don’t laugh—I learned this the hard way, too.
Don’t put all your money into a single project.
$ETH 2516.91(+0.46%)