Potential dates for the much-awaited Merge where Ethereum is set to make the move from proof-of-work (PoW) to proof-of-stake (PoS) have been mentioned during the latest and 93rd consensus layer call that took place on Thursday. 
 
The 15th, 16th and 20th of September were all mentioned as possible dates in a document which was shared during the call. 
 
An upgrade named Bellatrix which will kick off the whole merge process will have to commence first though and roughly two weeks are needed in between it and the actual merge. 
 
Speeding up the hashrate was also discussed which would bring down the time between Bellatrix and the Merge from 14 days to just 7. During the call, however, it was also mentioned that an adequate amount of time is needed to pass between the two in case something with Bellatrix goes wrong so a 10-day 'compromise' may be the solution. 
 
Despite all this, the majority of developers appear to be in favour of seeing Bellatrix on 6th September, meaning the Merge could kick off as soon as the 20th or even earlier. The second possibility is for Bellatrix to take off on the 1st of September with the Merge following on the 15th. 
 
A few weeks ago, developer Tim Beiko proposed the 19th of September as a possible date for the Merge so the first scenario would be in line with this estimate. Developers also mentioned during the call that they want to avoid having the Merge over the weekend with some saying to avoid Friday too. 
 
Next week another call will take place where possible dates will be discussed again. It's important to mention that no exact dates for the Merge have been issued so far.