Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract to launch this week: ConsenSys dev

Cointelegraph

Published Oct 19, 2020 10:07PM ET

Updated Oct 20, 2020 12:40PM ET

ConsenSys developer Ben Edgington has published an update that predicts the ETH 2.0 beacon chain genesis will happen within the next six to eight weeks.

In a post announcing the launch of ‘V1.0.0 release candidate 0’, Edgington revealed the protocol’s deposit contract address feature should be announced this week. The deposit contract allows ETH to be sent between Ethereum and ETH 2.0, and is one of the few remaining updates needed to facilitate the roll-out of ETH 2.0 phase 0:

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