ETH miners may go “broke” thanks to the Merge; too late to reconsider?

ambcrypto.com:

Ethereum [ETH] is facing issue after issue with the Merge just round-the-corner now. This time the issue is with ETH miners. There is a group among miners who believe the transition to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) can prove hazardous for them.

Chandler Guo is one such miner who is leading efforts to keep the network’s current Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism alive. He believes that miners will be broke after the transition as a “multi-billion” industry will vanish overnight.

Despite what anyone says, the Ethereum Foundation remains optimistic about the move. According to the Ethereum Foundation, this approach will slash its blockchain’s energy use by 99.95%. This would be a move that could make this technology more palatable to environmentally conscious businesses.

However, Guo told CoinMarketRecap, that miners who are the “biggest shareholders of this community” are being pushed out of the business. Guo further stated that he knows critics like him are outnumbered with major crypto firms, including OpenSea, Tether, and Circle all throwing their support behind The Merge.

Justin Sun, Founder of the Tron ecosystem, also believes that Ethereum should remain continue with the PoW model. He told CoinMarketRecap in a podcast that Ethereum is heading into uncharted territory. This could thus, prove to be a disastrous development given how it’s become “the foundation of the crypto industry”.

However, Sun believes the Merge transition will go ahead technically. He further stated,

“We can be 99% sure that this is going to be a successful launch.”

According to CoinMarketCap, Ethereum was trading at $1,725 at press time after seeing a mild surge of 1.5% in the past 24 hours. This has come off as a great news for investors as they saw ETH