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Ethereum activates Bellatrix upgrade as last step before The Merge 38s Read
The Bellatrix upgrade was activated at epoch 144896 on the Beacon Chain at 11:34 AM UTC today. Before the Bellatrix upgrade could go through, Ethereum nodes had to update their client software versions.
While Bellatrix is not The Merge itself, it’s a necessary step to prepare Beacon Chain for the consensus switch. The Bellatrix upgrade was the hard fork upgrade that introduced what's called "execution payload," a parameter that’s so far been missing on the Beacon Chain. This parameter is needed for validators to start creating mainnet blocks.
The final step is called Paris, which will trigger The Merge. Beacon Chain (consensus layer) validators will take over from proof-of-work miners to start finalizing Ethereum’s mainnet blocks.
