The Defiant Justin Drake on How The Merge Helps Make Ethereum the Settlement Layer of the Internet
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Jul 20, 2022 
Ethereum researcher Justin Drake unpacks the transition from proof of work to proof of stake: the final test runs, what happens to the old chain, and the risks validators and users should watch. He also explores why the Merge won’t magically boost speed, how rollups and danksharding could scale Ethereum, and its ambitions as the internet’s financial settlement layer.
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Introduction
00:00 • 5min
Why Proof of Work Is So Important?
04:42 • 5min
Do You Think Proof of Stake Increases Theorium Decentralization?
09:44 • 4min
Web Three With a Sixin C Podcast
14:01 • 3min
How Did the Open Bazaar Team Work?
17:17 • 2min
The Last Persistent Test Nut That's Missing
19:21 • 4min
The Problem Is That the Beacon Chain and the Currenttherum Chain Will Not Merge
22:53 • 4min
Is There a Chance That the Proof of Work Chain Will Go Away?
26:44 • 2min
The Ev M, and the Beacon Chain, Will Work Like Before?
28:54 • 3min
What Is the Concept of Autra Sound Money?
31:32 • 6min
Etherium - Proof of Work or Proof of Stake?
37:19 • 2min
Climd Diversity - The Risks of Execution Risk
39:16 • 4min
Do You Know What's Happening to Your Clients?
43:30 • 3min
Is There Something Is Needed to Happen in the Future?
46:34 • 3min
What Are the Most Credibly Neutral Things That You Could Do?
50:01 • 2min
Is the Social Layer a Source of Censorship?
52:23 • 3min
Ethereum Scaling Story
55:29 • 3min
The Scalability of Block Chains
58:46 • 3min
Dank Dank Shouting - What's That?
01:01:47 • 2min
How to Scale Shared Security in the Cosmos
01:03:26 • 3min
The Power of Network Effects
01:06:30 • 3min
What's the Next Wave of Uses?
01:09:03 • 4min