Casper for Ethereum
The first version of the Casper update code for Ethereum has been published. The first release of the Casper the Friendly Finality Gadget (FFG) update code, designed to change the consensus mechanism in the Ethereum network, is published on GitHub for study by external auditors and developers. This is reported by CoinDesk. "Now the contract can be used not only by the research team: auditors, client developers, etc. We want to begin to more clearly identify the versions and logs of changes to help in the organization of the process, "commented the release of Danny Ryan. He also added that thanks to the publication of the code, client developers can now start writing software in their own languages and testing it. Note that the integration of Casper FFG, which will be held in the summer and autumn of this year and will combine the consensus mechanism Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake. Subsequently, the developers of Ethereum plan to completely abandon PoW, but the specific time frame for this process has not yet been set. In the near future Casper will be audited, and its integration into the core network will become possible only after the developers of the main customers complete the adaptation of their software to the new mechanism. Since Casper will be incompatible with previous versions of Ethereum software, the update will be carried out by means of hardcore.
https://www.coindesk.com/first-version-ethereums-casper-upgrade-published/