The biggest news of the week in tech was the ETH Merge, a long-awaited upgrade to the blockchain. The change in technology is expected to reduce the carbon footprint of the popular blockchain by 99%. This episode had lots of back-and-forth as the team unpacked some quirky pieces of crypto jargon like the term “baker” and what it means in a proof-of-stake ecosystem. What will be the impacts on web3 startups? What about the rest of the tech industry, or large financial institutions, or Chinese crypto miners? We walked through all these questions and more, trying to address both what the Merge is and why it matters through as holistic a lens as possible. For more on the Merge, required reading can be found . . .
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