Current metrics show that the Ethereum blockchain has consumed 2.35 Million Ethereum since EIP 1559 was implemented. Eight months passed before $8.10 trillion was spent. In addition, the Ethereum blockchain lost 18,110 ether valued at $34.9 million in the past seven days.
2.35 Million Ethereum Burned — Ethereum Dev Says The Merge Could Happen in August
EIP 1559 was implemented by Ethereum developers approximately 288 days back. This basically modified the algorithm linked to base fees per gas within the protocol. The network currently burns this base fee per gaz.
After EIP 1559 had been codified in the codebase, the London upgrade of August 5, 2021 has seen 2.35million ether valued at $8.10 trillion USD. This was a total loss for all time.
The day after EIP 1559 was implemented, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin explained that the change was “definitely the most important part of [the] London [upgrade].”
Over the 24 hour period, 2,396 Ethereum worth $4.63 Million were burned. The network had the highest daily rate of burns with $138.78million worth 71.718ether on May 1, 2022. It was January 10, 2022 that saw the destruction of 19,424 pieces of ethereum, which is approximately $37.5million. This was second on the daily records.
Opensea, the biggest current ethereum torcher, has burned 229,000 ether in its marketplace, which saw it complete 14,639,327 transactions. The total amount of gas required to make ether transfers is 207,072 ETH. Uniswap V2 has used 131,457 ether.
While the London upgrade’s EIP 1559 was a big protocol change, the next big shift will be when The Merge is applied. Ethereum will then transition from the current proof-of work consensus algorithm to a proof-of stake (PoS).
As they anticipate that The Merge will take place this summer, Ethereum supporters are now getting ready for it. Just recently, on May 17, the Ethereum-focused software firm Consensys launched an early access version of “Bonsai Tries” which aims to be a few steps ahead of the official Merge transition.
Preston Van Loon was an Ethereum developer at the Permissionless Conference. saidThe Merge may be implemented in August by the general public. The Merge, as explained by Tim Beiko (ETHN developer), will most likely be live during the third quarter in 2022. Beiko further explained that he “strongly suggests” that miners do not invest in more mining rigs going forward.
Despite the upcoming changes, Ethereum’s PoW hashrate has been at the highest point in the network’s lifetime on May 13, at block height 14,770,231. Burning ethereum has become simply part of the protocol and many crypto proponents believe ethereum will be ‘ultra-sound’ money with the deflationary mechanism.
The simulation of The Merge shows that Ethereum will soon become less common after the transition. Currently, Ethereum’s issuance rate is 5.4 million ethereum a year, and after The Merge, the issuance rate will be around only 500,000 ether per year. Currently, supply growth averages 3.7% per annum, but after The Merge it will only be 0.4%.
Amid all those changes, Ethereum’s burn rate will be the same, which is estimated to be around 900,000 ether per year. But, large spikes, such as the May 1st 71,718-ether burnt, can alter estimates greatly.
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