– by William M. Peaster
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Pricey Bankless Nation,
It’s now been one entire yr since Ethereum carried out its Merge improve!
It was an unimaginable technical feat, but additionally a sport changer for NFTs as a result of it dropped Ethereum’s vitality utilization massively.
Now, the annual vitality consumption of Ethereum’s present Proof of Stake (PoS) system is already 3,000,000% decrease than Ethereum’s final yr of vitality consumption beneath Proof of Work (PoW).
Some normies nonetheless cling to the misconstrued concept that “NFTs are killing the atmosphere,” however in truth the brand new Ethereum and its rising L2 and L3 landscapes are pointing the way in which to a future the place a lot of tradition turns into de-physicalized by way of NFTs.
That’ll be a win for the planet, which wants any break it may well get from bodily waste and IRL overactivity, and it’ll be a win for Ethereum, which is now virtualized and ramping up for the world with scaling options.
Within the meantime, we hold creating on Ethereum and main by instance. Thanks for studying and being alongside for the journey everybody, have an ideal weekend 
-WMP
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