Watch The Merge With Your Fellow HODLers at These Watch Parties

Want to Watch The Merge With Your Fellow HODLers? Check Out These Watch Parties

The Ethereum network is scheduled to transition from Proof-of-Work (PoW) to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) a little after 12:30 am ET, 5:30 am BST, or 12:30 pm in Hong Kong and Singapore.

For HODLers of Ether (ETH), and users of the Ethereum protocol, this is a monumental shift that had been years in the making. As PoW cryptocurrencies are routinely criticized for being energy intensive, one of the major benefits of this transition will be a stark reduction in the network’s energy usage to the tune of 99.95% according to the Ethereum Foundation.

Even though The Merge will take place overnight for most in North America and Europe, the event itself has a festival-like feel to it, a sort of Super Bowl but with more brains than brawn.

The Merge Watch Parties

For those that want to stay up and party with their fellow HODLers below is a list of live stream watch parties:

Bankless: The eve of the Merge Livestream (September 14, 5pm EST)

Ethereum Foundation: Ethereum Merge Viewing Party (September 14, 11pm EST)

And for those at EthBerlin in Germany, conference organizers have put together an in-real life launch party kicking off that evening. Sources say the RVSP password is hacktheplanet.