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b'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.\\xa0\\n \\xa0\\n Show highlights: what the Merge is on a technical level and what its impact will be\\xa0\\n whether the proof of stake consensus mechanism makes the network more decentralized and secure\\n what happens if the Merge fails and whether there\\u2019s a contingency plan\\n why Preston founded Prysmatic Labs and how Prysm works\\n what the next steps are for Ethereum and what the community is working on\\n whether Preston thinks a proof of work Ethereum fork would succeed\\n when and how Ethereum\\u2019s high fees and scaling issues are going to be resolved\\n why Preston joined the lawsuit against the US Treasury over the Tornado Cash sanctions\\n how Preston would celebrate a successful Ethereum Merge\\n Thank you to our sponsors! \\xa0\\n 1inch\\n Crypto.com\\n Messari\\n \\xa0\\n Preston Twitter\\xa0\\n \\xa0\\n Episode Links \\xa0\\n Previous Coverage of Unchained on the Merge:\\n Arthur Hayes, Former Ethereum Skeptic, on Why the Merge Makes Him Bullish on ETH\\n With the Merge, Will Ethereum Take Over Bitcoin\\u2019s Title as Digital Gold?\\n Why Kevin Zhou Believes Ethereum Will Have 3 Forks After the Merge\\n Post-Merge, If Lido Becomes Dominant, What Does That Mean for Ethereum?\\n \\xa0\\n Lawsuit against the US Treasury:\\n Coinbase is supporting a lawsuit against the Treasury Department by six users of Tornado Cash.\\n Fortune article on the lawsuit\\n Why Preston joined the lawsuit.\\n \\xa0\\n The Merge:\\n Ethereum Foundation Merge announcement.\\n Ethereum carbon emission reductions.\\n\\n \\xa0\\n ETH Post-Merge Dynamics:\\n Cumberland on the Ethereum dynamics after the merge\\xa0\\n Miles Suter on the implications of the Merge\\n\\n The triple point asset\\n \\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'