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Upgrade consensus to Proof-of-Stake

EIP 3675, Upgrade consensus to Proof-of-Stake. This EIP deprecates Proof-of-Work (PoW) and supersedes it with the new Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism (PoS) driven by the beacon chain.

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Authors: Mikhail Kalinin , Danny Ryan , Vitalik Buterin
Date: 2021
Publisher: Mikhail Kalinin , Danny Ryan , Vitalik Buterin
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Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0338
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Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
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EIP 3675, Upgrade consensus to Proof-of-Stake. This EIP deprecates Proof-of-Work (PoW) and supersedes it with the new Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism (PoS) driven by the beacon chain.

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Kalinin, M., Ryan, D., & Buterin, V. (2021). Upgrade consensus to Proof-of-Stake. Mikhail Kalinin , Danny Ryan , Vitalik Buterin. https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-3675

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@techreport{eip36752021,
  title = {Upgrade consensus to Proof-of-Stake},
  author = {Mikhail Kalinin , Danny Ryan , Vitalik Buterin},
  year = {2021},
  institution = {Mikhail Kalinin , Danny Ryan , Vitalik Buterin},
  url = {https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-3675},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/eip-3675}
}

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UR  - https://eips.ethereum.org/EIPS/eip-3675
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
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