Within 24 hours following the merge, Ethereum POW will implement a hard fork.

The proposal was made public by EthereumPoW, the Twitter account in charge of the next ETHW mainnet, in a post outlining the tactic. The Twitter thread stated that almost everything, such as the final program, binaries, configuration data, networks information, RPC, and explorers, would be publicly released after the clock elapsed. The precise period would've been announced with a countdown timer one hour before launch. The mainnet will begin at the block height of the Merge block “plus” 2048 EMPTY blocks as padding as a safety measure to ensure that the chainID shifts to 10001 properly. Additionally, based on the thread, the network is the longest network of ETHW.

The first block on ETHW that might include any transactions will be + 2049 after the change.

As stated on the EthereumPoW forum, “Block rewards for the empty blocks will be directed to the 1559 multi-sig wallet. Therefore, the Merge block + 2049 will be the first block on ETHW that may contain any transactions.”

It further said that the initial mining difficulty would not fall below 220 T, or 15 TH/s in terms of hashrate. Everyone hasn't, however, understood the strategy. The Block reports that some programmers are confused by the decision to postpone the distribution of the code and the chainID upgrade until the very last second.

On September 15, the Ethereum merging is anticipated to change its software platform from its initial Proof-of-Work-based method to a Proof-of-Stake-based system. During the mining projects, the enhancement is anticipated to be more environmentally friendly.

However, there are still many unanswered questions around the Merge's specifics, and it is still unclear how consumers and marketplaces will see an ETHW chain.

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