Epic: pre-merge prep

[wackerow]

Context: Epic from Q2 Roadmap #6161

Epic Description

After a long wait, the Merge is almost upon us. The switch to proof-of-stake means that large sections of ethereum.org will need rewriting to remain up to date.

Involves

• Scoping out what content changes, additions, or subtractions are required related to the Merge upgrade
• Preparing appropriate content changes,
• Coordinating with external contributors to ensure accuracy
• Timing releases appropriately to provide the community with accurate information about the Merge during the transition

Goals

Pre-Merge Prep

• Help clear up misconceptions of every day users regarding how the Merge will be executed, and the impact it will/will not have. Also reassuring these users that there is nothing they need to do with their funds.
• Inform dapp developers of important changes that may result from the Merge
• Inform node operators of important changes, including the need to run both an execution layer (EL) client as well as a consensus layer (CL) client to sync the head of the chain
• Inform stakers of important changes, including that their nodes will require the above CL+EL setup, and they will need to provide a traditional Ethereum address to receive unburnt fees in blocks they propose

Post-merge, longer-term changes*

• Ensure references to proof-of-work are updated to either be historical references, or removed
• Update developer documentation to ensure all fundamentals are accurately represented under the proof-of-stake model
• Update /upgrade/merge and to be reflective of past tense and latest information
• Update /energy-consumption page with updated latest information

Checkpoints

Page Audit Spreadsheet

Pre-merge update PR:

• Banner notification: some page content may be out of date related to the merge Adds PreMergeBanner #6629
  • /developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/pow/mining-algorithms/
  • /developers/docs/development-networks/
  • /developers/docs/intro-to-ether/
  • /developers/docs/mev/
  • /developers/docs/mining/
  • /developers/docs/networking-layer/
  • /developers/docs/networks/
  • /developers/docs/nodes-and-clients/
  • /developers/docs/nodes-and-clients/client-diversity/
  • /developers/docs/nodes-and-clients/nodes-as-a-service/
  • /developers/tutorials/run-light-node-geth/
  • /developers/tutorials/run-node-raspberry-pi/
  • /nft/
• Follow-up PR with expanded banner functionality, tagging a few more pages PreMergeBanner expanded rollout #6710
  • / (Homepage)
  • /developers/
  • /developers/docs/
  • /developers/docs/blocks/
  • /developers/docs/dapps/
  • /developers/docs/gas/
  • /developers/docs/transactions/
  • /developers/docs/intro-to-ethereum/
  • /developers/docs/data-and-analytics/block-explorers/

Content updates:

• / (Homepage, preMergeBanner only before merge) PreMergeBanner expanded rollout #6710
• /developers/ (Developers landing, preMergeBanner only before merge) PreMergeBanner expanded rollout #6710
• Developer docs
  • /developers/docs/ (Docs landing, preMergeBanner only before merge) PreMergeBanner expanded rollout #6710
  • /developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/pow/mining-algorithms/ update mining algorithms for pre-merge #6782
  • /developers/docs/development-networks/ Update testnet page with Beacon Chain testnets #6660
  • /developers/docs/intro-to-ether/ Pre-merge changes #6756
  • /developers/docs/mev/ update mev page for pre-merge #6780
  • /developers/docs/mining/ update banner on mining page #6685
  • /developers/docs/networking-layer/ additional warning about merge changes to p2p networking page #6684
  • /developers/docs/networks/ Pre-merge changes #6756
  • /developers/docs/nodes-and-clients/ Pre-merge changes #6756
  • /developers/docs/nodes-and-clients/client-diversity/ add execution-layer info to client diversity page #6661
  • /developers/docs/nodes-and-clients/nodes-as-a-service/ Pre-merge changes #6756
  • /developers/docs/nodes-and-clients/run-a-node/ add consensus client info to run-a-node page #6806
  • /developers/tutorials/run-light-node-geth/ update geth light node tutorial #6657
  • /developers/tutorials/run-node-raspberry-pi/ Pre-merge changes #6756
• Upgrades
  • /upgrades/ Update /upgrades pre-merge copy  #6641
  • /upgrades/beacon-chain/ Update /upgrades/beacon-chain pre-merge copy #6647
  • /upgrades/merge/ Merge and energy consumption pages pre-merge updates #6599
  • /upgrades/shard-chains/ -> /sharding/ Updates /upgrade/sharding pre-merge copy #6674
  • /upgrades/vision/ Update /upgrades/vision with premerge copy #6698
  • /upgrades/get-involved/ Updates /upgrades/get-involved pre-merge copy #6646
• Other pages
  • /community/support/
  • /contributing/style-guide/
  • /energy-consumption/ Merge and energy consumption pages pre-merge updates #6599
  • /eth/ Update /eth page pre-merge copy #6700
  • /governance/
  • /learn/
  • /nft/ (Banner only before merge Adds PreMergeBanner #6629)
  • /security/
  • /staking/ Updates /staking pages pre-merge copy #6699
  • /staking/deposit-contract/
  • /staking/solo/ Updates /staking pages pre-merge copy #6699
  • /staking/saas/ Updates /staking pages pre-merge copy #6699
  • /staking/pools/ Updates /staking pages pre-merge copy #6699

* 29-Jun-2022 Update re: post-merge changes:
Given the time gap between the need to roll out the above "pre-merge" content, and the eventual "post-merge" changes that will update the site once The Merge has officially been completed, these two phases of content updates have been broken into two separate epics.

A separate epic tracking issue will be posted for Q3 to track progress of content preparation, with plan to release these updates as a bundle after a successful transition to proof-of-stake.

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[samajammin]

@wackerow I believe this is complete & can be closed out 🎉

Please re-open if I'm wrong 😄

[Ghetto21]

Epi: pre merge prep# 6281
Closed