thanks for your reply, I just saw it on global mexc and was trading there while reading the explanation about what is ETHW? because I still haven't read the latest news about it and why it's cheaper than the original ETH price

CNBC Claims Only One Cofounder Directly Working On Ethereum As Merge Approaches

https://thecryptobasic.com/2022/08/29/cnbc-claims-only-one-cofounder-directly-working-on-ethereum-as-merge-approaches/

I don't think that so much matters because 7 companies independently developed their version of ETH2.0 and the way the protocol is set up, all 7 have to fail simultaneously for the merge to fail. It doesn't really matter if an original dev is involved or not, the same way it doesn't matter all too much if Satoshi is developing Bitcoin or not.

I don't think it's actually illegal. For it to actually be illegal and hold up in court, they'd have to argue that open source code is not free speech. I think it's all a facade to stir up some drama at tax payer expense before they ultimately lose in court years down the road.

It is not a problem as lot of individual users has their funds on those platform.

I'm not sure if it is technically feasible or not but it would be interesting if there was a protocol level feature where any major staking pool was given less rewards and smaller staking pools individuals were given artificially more rewards to incentivize distributed behavior.

That said, I'm guessing the major problem is that this is simply too easy to fake and therefore perhaps technically infeasible.

MintDice.com for instance has been doing it's part to help service the network in a distributed fashion but it's nothing compared to Binance or LIDO. And yet smaller stakers like this are critical to the network. So it would be cool if there were a mechanism to help force market forces in that direction.

How the Merge will Change Ether’s Supply-Demand Dynamics as Miners Get Phased Out
The cryptocurrency community has continued to root for a successful Merge, with exchanges already opting for the PoS network post-merge. OpenSea, Coinbase, Binance, Circle, and Tether have all announced they plan to support ETH 2.0. Consequently, the support for the PoS ETH has raised concerns that the ETH PoW may not be successful in the long run.
https://tokenist.com/how-the-merge-will-change-ethers-supply-demand-dynamics-as-miners-get-phased-out/

https://twitter.com/abcoathup/status/1565205804487102464
"mainnet-shadow-fork-12 merged successfully using Merge ready client releases 🐼
Second last shadow fork before Mainnet merge!"

https://twitter.com/abcoathup/status/1565663270173696000

"mainnet-shadow-fork-13 config:https://github.com/eth-clients/merge-testnets/tree/main/mainnet-shadow-fork-13

TTD expected Friday September 9
The last shadow fork before the Merge 🐼"

https://blog.ethereum.org/2022/09/07/esp-q1-q2-allocation-update
Allocation Update: Q1 and Q2 2022

Ethereum The Merge Countdown
https://explorer.btc.com/activity/eth/merge