The Espresso Network's proof-of-stake upgrade was triggered today on mainnet at block 10,960,201. Epoch 1 has begun.
In another 79,799 blocks (~2 days at current 2-second block times), Espresso becomes a fully operational PoS consensus network.
Track it: http://explorer.main.net.espresso.network

Today, the Espresso Network began its upgrade to proof-of-stake.
By March 4, the network will be fully running PoS w/ the stake table active and staking rewards accruing.  Mainnet 1.0 is here.
Here's what's changing & why it matters 🧵

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