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While the Merge improved Ethereum's energy efficiency by 99%, fee reduction is being addressed through . This phase of the roadmap focuses on "sharding" and "data blobs" (EIP-4844), which specifically aim to make Layer 2 transactions even cheaper and increase overall network throughput.

It did not significantly expand the network's capacity to handle more transactions per second. While the Merge improved Ethereum's energy efficiency by

These "rollups" process transactions off-chain and bundle them, significantly reducing the load on the Ethereum Mainnet. While the Merge improved Ethereum's energy efficiency by

Networks like and Optimism gained massive adoption. While the Merge improved Ethereum's energy efficiency by

The 2022 "crypto winter" led to a massive drop in trading volume.