The Ethereum network has entered one of the final testing phases before the long-awaited ‘Merge’ heralds in a new era of proof-of-stake consensus.
The final public testnet called Kiln when live last week to simulate the merger of Ethereum’s proof-of-work chain with the Beacon Chain, which is now called the consensus layer.
Ethereum developers and node operators have been testing ‘the Merge’ on Kiln over the weekend and things appear to be operating smoothly so far. Kiln follows the Kintsugi testnet which was launched in December to allow for initial merge testing.
Source: https://beincrypto.com/kiln-testnet-running-smoothly-clock-ticks-ethereum-merge/