Ethereum “merge” successfully takes place on Kiln testnet

On Mar.14, Ethereum developer Tim Beiko confirmed that Kiln has gone live and will soon be ready to merge with the Beacon Chain in a Monday tweet. The testnet launched late last week in proof-of-work (PoW) mode only.

Kiln is now operating in a PoW testing environment for Ethereum developers, node operators and stakers. It is the final public testnet before the whole network transitions to proof-of-stake (PoS) from PoW sometime this year.