Preston Van Loon, Ethereum Core Developer at Offchain Labs, joined me to discuss the impact of the Pectra upgrade to the Ethereum network.
Get to know Preston:
- Metaverse theme – Flying airplanes
- Favorite food – Chicken Rice and Broccoli
- Favorite musician/artist – Anthony Green
- Favorite movie – A Knights Tale
- Hobby – Flying
Topics:
- Benefits of the Pectra upgrade
- How the upgrade impacts Layer 2s
- Upcoming Ethereum upgrades
- Why major institutions build on Ethereum
- Arbitrum overview
- Future of Web advertising and monetization
- US Crypto Outlook
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Timestamps
00:52 Preston’s background
02:19 Web2 to Web3
09:15 Arbitrum overview
11:15 Future of layer 2s
18:54 Pectra upgrade
26:18 Future upgrades
28:27 Ethereum adoption
33:20 Use cases for L1 vs L2
38:04 Arbitrum
43:09 L2 vs L3s
47:18 Web3 gaming
50:51 Wrap up questions
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