Since its inception, the Ethereum blockchain has been backed by the Proof-of-Work algorithm, similarly to Bitcoin. Yet, Ethereum’s founder, Vitalik Buterin, has often talked about his plans of ditching PoW, in favour of Proof-of-Stake (PoS), which he believes to be better suited for Ethereum’s purposes.

Now, recent reports indicate that the PoS blockchain code will be finalized sometime in June. The news comes from Justin Drake, a researcher for the Ethereum Foundation, who stated: “I’ve been continuing to fine comb Phase Zero in preparation for the spec freeze which we’re targeting for the 30th of June (…) we’re still very much on track. Still, code simplifications are coming through which is great and the process of fine combing is also for finding final bugs.”

Bitcoin, as we know it has taken the world by storm and has a market cap of over $5 Billion spread over around 13 million Bitcoins. Few countries even have their own rules and regulations and countries like Russia are planning to stop the use of Bitcoins. But, they don’t realize that Bitcoin is a revolutionary new technology which has the potential to facilitate amazing things which can make the world a better place to live. What’s stopping this from happening is the lack of global awareness about Bitcoin, not many people know what is Bitcoin or how to use it. The need of the hour is to help people and more importantly merchants, understand Bitcoin and help them accepting Bitcoin. This should not be done in just a handful of countries but it should be done on a larger scale, all over the world.