What is the Ethereum Difficulty Bomb & Why Does It Matter Right Now?

In this video I share the history of the Ethereum Difficulty Bomb going all the way back to the Frontier Network Update in 2015. I review the previous times Ethereum Difficulty Bomb has gone off and been diffused with a hardfork. Lastly, I discuss why it's important right now considering the looming Merge of the POW and POS networks.

Links:
▶️ https://ethereum.org/en/history/#whitepaper
▶️ https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/commit/71d32f54f70917c53fd3a691cface3bc73ffa1b7
▶️ https://blog.ethereum.org/2015/08/04/ethereum-protocol-update-1/
▶️ https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/difficulty-bomb.asp
▶️ https://charts.coinmetrics.io/network-data/#3712
▶️ https://dune.com/yulesa/Blocks-per-Week
▶️ https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/merge/
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/c/EthereumFoundation/


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Video Chapters:
00:00 What is the Ethereum Difficulty Bomb?
01:42 History of the Difficulty Bomb
03:30 Previous Bomb Detonations, Diffusions & Hardforks
04:33 The Ethereum Difficulty Bomb Has Gone Off Again
04:51 Tracking Ethereum Block Times
06:07 Delay the Difficulty Bomb Again or Leave It?

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