Preston Van Loon, cofounder and Ethereum core developer at Prysmatic Labs, talks about the Merge, its impact on an environmental level, and why he is a plaintiff in the lawsuit against the Treasury Department over Tornado Cash. 

 

Show highlights:

• what the Merge is on a technical level and what its impact will be 
• whether the proof of stake consensus mechanism makes the network more decentralized and secure
• what happens if the Merge fails and whether there’s a contingency plan
• why Preston founded Prysmatic Labs and how Prysm works
• what the next steps are for Ethereum and what the community is working on
• whether Preston thinks a proof of work Ethereum fork would succeed
• when and how Ethereum’s high fees and scaling issues are going to be resolved
• why Preston joined the lawsuit against the US Treasury over the Tornado Cash sanctions
• how Preston would celebrate a successful Ethereum Merge

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Previous Coverage of Unchained on the Merge:

• Arthur Hayes, Former Ethereum Skeptic, on Why the Merge Makes Him Bullish on ETH
• With the Merge, Will Ethereum Take Over Bitcoin’s Title as Digital Gold?
• Why Kevin Zhou Believes Ethereum Will Have 3 Forks After the Merge
• Post-Merge, If Lido Becomes Dominant, What Does That Mean for Ethereum?

 

Lawsuit against the US Treasury:

• Coinbase is supporting a lawsuit against the Treasury Department by six users of Tornado Cash.
• Fortune article on the lawsuit
• Why Preston joined the lawsuit.

 

The Merge:

• Ethereum Foundation Merge announcement.
• Ethereum carbon emission reductions.

 

ETH Post-Merge Dynamics:

• Cumberland on the Ethereum dynamics after the merge 
• Miles Suter on the implications of the Merge
• The triple point asset

 

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