Back to collectionAbove USD 1,700, Attention Turns to the Merge Itself
The Merge was approaching, the engineering team had watched testnet rehearsals, and the community was preparing for “Merge Night.” Anticipation grew ahead of the Merge, and ETH moved above USD 1,700. Their discussion shifted the watch gathering toward observing a real technical transition and gave the community event questions it could address.
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The Merge was approaching, the engineering team had watched testnet rehearsals, and the community was preparing for “Merge Night.” A-Zhen worked at a studio still refining its game. She cared about how ordinary players would understand the transition, beyond hearing about prices.
Anticipation grew ahead of the Merge, and ETH moved above USD 1,700. A-Zhen and her colleagues discussed what to watch. Some focused solely on the price; she proposed also checking whether the chain kept producing blocks and applications remained usable, and asked the Night Watchman to explain those points to the community.
Their discussion shifted the watch gathering toward observing a real technical transition and gave the community event questions it could address. A-Zhen would keep following the process. The price had already moved, but whether the Merge itself would run smoothly remained to be seen.