testnets-cardano-org VS ethmerge.com-content

To be frank, I have mixed opinions with the average Cardano investor. On one hand I think it's important to get burnt at least once whilst investing. It gives you a healthy dose of cynicism. Separates your emotions out of your investment. Ultimately you are investing into a common enterprise under the expectation to profit on said investment, finding someone to buy it from you at a higher price (often overlooked). DYOR is not watching a 3 hour stream of Charlie talking about could-be's and would-be's. https://github.com/cardano-foundation/testnets-cardano-org/issues/488 Bit of infamous open issue over here. People can't even get hello world to work on their Alonzo smart contracts. The top 20 US equities 20 years ago are not the same top 20 today. Considering how fast the Crypto space moves doesn't mean $DASH.. I mean $ADA is going to stay towards the top forever.

After 3 years of silence, KEVM started making the rounds again in the end of 2020 with all the usual big announcement. Once a test net was released, complaints started to rise that even a simple "Hello World" program was not working. Here are some more posts on the same issue. And another one. Regarding this problem with the faulty documentation a Github ticket was opened which has still not been resolved to this day. This was almost 6 months ago.

https://github.com/cardano-foundation/testnets-cardano-org/issues/488#issuecomment-796315624

I do wonder how much Cardano is really being used. Bugs like https://github.com/cardano-foundation/testnets-cardano-org/issues/488 are a bit suspicious; a hello world that hasn't been working since at least a month, and no fix seems to be on its way. Does anyone know how many smart contracts are actually running on Cardano currently?

The problem was first raised at https://www.reddit.com/r/CardanoDevelopers/comments/lqubkc/kevm_hello_world_not_working/ almost a month ago. The issue is still open: https://github.com/cardano-foundation/testnets-cardano-org/issues/488 and the Cardano Developer's engagement (or lack thereof) is poor to put it politely.

It has been almost a month since an issue was raised ( Invalid content /en/virtual-machines/kevm/getting-started/mallet-end-to-end/ · Issue #488 · cardano-foundation/testnets-cardano-org (github.com) regarding the simple 'hello world' tutorial not working on the KEVM.

Ethereum Successfully Migrates from PoW to PoS in “The Merge” on September 15th https://ethmerge.com/

You do not need to do anything to protect your funds entering The Merge. This bears repeating: As a user or holder of ETH or any other digital asset on Ethereum, as well as non-node-operating stakers, you do not need to do anything with your funds or wallet before The Merge. 1 Users will experience no change in their day-to-day experience using Ethereum. 2

FAQ about The Merge https://ethmerge.com/

ethmerge.com is actually a nice simple resource with basic and digestible info about the merge. Is it still maintained? I issued a pull request to update one of the FAQs :)

After that Bitcoin becomes the second most secure blockchain [ https://ethmerge.com/ ].

Sure, but the devs have not been facilitating anywhere near the sort of information that they're communicating to stakers. I'm speaking purely in terms of what to expect. For instance, ethmerge.com has virtually no information for miners.

This is a really informative summary! This website also does a great job explaining the merge! https://ethmerge.com