According to Lubin, the Ethereum blockchain will be able to process 1,000x more trades over a specified time period-after unlocking the series of upgrades linked with Ethereum 2.0, also called Serenity.
Lubin, whose remarks appeared during a May 11, 2019 interview with Cointelegraph, clarified that the design is split into four stages and that eight teams are collaborating on constructing fresh Ethereum clients which will be used once Ethereum 2.0 gets going.
Lubin also guaranteed:
“In a [few] months, we should have a fully operational testnet and possibly, by the end of this year we’ll have a fully operational phase 0 Ethereum 2.0.”
Lubin clarified that various methods could link the latest chain to the earlier one. According to Lubin, Ether tokens will be moved from the current Ethereum chain to the newest one (after Ethereum 2.0 initiation and “bidirectional processes” may be utilized during the procedure Lubin also discussed issues about proof-of-stake (PoS), saying that it was carefully investigated to ensure its feasibility before the groups began collaborating on its execution.
He said, new functionalities will be incorporated to the chain and render it consistent with more use scenarios, listing individual transfers as an example Notably, CEO of Messari, a cryptoanalytics firm, had anticipated that the Ethereum 2.0 transformation would not happen until 2021.
On May 7, 2019, Prysmatic Labs co-founder Preston Van Loon (an organisation centered on ramping the Ethereum protocol with sharding and PoS) revealed that Ethereum 2.0 will offer considerable changes related to safety. Preston also observed that the testnet of Ethereum is now openly available, and there is also a portal that offers advice and comprehensive guidelines on how customers can stake their coins or tokens on the recently introduced network.
Recent stats, however, show that staking after activating Ethereum 2.0 associated updates will not generate substantial earnings. As proposed by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s suggestion, smart contract platform transaction validators may earn 5% annual interest by staking a minimum of 32 ETH (~$6,173 at present rates). Ether miners, however, can only receive around $41 or a 0.8% return on capital after taking into account the expenses of buying hardware devices and energy expenses.