Hey @VitalikButerin @drakefjustin and other @ethereum friends, google “the merge” for a fun little surprise and appreciation. Everyone is so excited about what’s coming and appreciates the work that’s been going into it for years. pic.twitter.com/3bgifV6Ywn — Sam Padilla (@theSamPadilla) September 9, 2022 The plugin shows the level at which crypto has penetrated FANG companies and the number of eyes on The Merge. Interest in The Merge has soared in recent weeks, with Google predicting it will continue to grow in the coming days. Source: Google Trends The countries most interested in The Merge are Luxembourg, Saint Helena, Singapore, North Macedonia and Lithuania. The highest European country is Switzerland in 7th place, while China and the USA are in 17th and 18th place, respectively. Source: Google Trends The growing interest was also aided by Padilla spearheading the development of merge integration at Google. In response to Sassal, Padilla explained that he originated the idea and the “search and labs team internally” created the search feature. It wasn’t just me. And the real lifting of the project was done in the search and labs team internally. All I did was start the idea and discussion that led to this hehe But this is really cool — Sam Padilla (@theSamPadilla) September 10, 2022 The illustrated pandas will be merged in true Google style when the Ethereum merge is complete. Everything will get closer together every day until the merger happens. panda is a well-known staple of the Ethereum merge meme culture. The meme uses a black bear to represent the execution level and a white bear as the consensus level. Fusion occurs when bears combine to create a fighting panda. Source: Sassal
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