The end of 2020 has been huge for the crypto community. Not only was there a spectacular price surge across digital assets, possibly signaling the beginning of another bull market, but there was also the launch of Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain, which has been in development for some time.
The long-awaited update to the Ethereum blockchain transforms the network from a proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake consensus model and is intended to improve speed, security, lower transaction fees and fix the scalability issues that have been holding Ethereum back throughout 2020.