Ethereum Foundation Released Mainnet Merge Timeline, Increased Bug Bounty

Ethereum Foundation released Mainnet Merge Announcement, announcing that the Bellatrix upgrade is scheduled on the Beacon Chain on September 6th at 11:34:47am UTC (epoch 144896), and the Merge is expected to be triggered between September 10th to 20th. Tim Beiko, a core developer of Ethereum, said that the Merge is expected to arrive on September 15th. Meanwhile, Ethereum Foundation announced that all Merge-related bounties for vulnerabilities have received a 4x multiplier between now and September 8th. The maximum bounty is $1m.