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Does the merge come with any real world benefits? Besides now not needing the yearly power consumption of Belgium.

Like... Can i buy bread and milk with this thing any time soon?



From TFA:

> Misconception: "The Merge will reduce gas fees."

> False. The Merge is a change of consensus mechanism, not an expansion of network capacity, and will not result in lower gas fees.

> Misconception: "Transactions will be noticeably faster after The Merge."

> False. Though some slight changes exist, transaction speed will mostly remain the same on layer 1.


The only benefit of the merge is energy consumption will be reduced to about 1/1000th what it is now.


It also greatly helps with GPU shortages because they aren't needed for mining anymore.


> Like... Can i buy bread and milk with this thing any time soon?

No.

Ethereum still cannot be used as a form of payment.


No. It's still a cryptocurrency.




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