The Merge Pt. 4 | Censorship and Centralization in Proof of Stake

Welcome to Part 4 of our Merge series! Today we talk about centralization and censorship in the post-Merge, Proof of Stake Ethereum world (including Eric Wall's @ercwl Twitter thread). Check out Parts 1-3 of our Merge series below! Part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Gusn2v71WSjy1uFP5OfDE?si=f99335446fe842db Part 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2G0w6GgJtCiCkjknjkTGFZ?si=0768d0c24c354708 Part 3: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7smgOfy0vztQGH36Ts63w4?si=3d09dec3ea2e4961 Eric Wall's Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1559265839723040769 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be sure to like and subscribe if you like our content! Follow us on Twitter and everywhere you get your podcasts below: Twitter: https://twitter.com/decentcryptopod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWQQLP0GR5Hhk2VE5wW1-pg Matthew Blumberg: https://mobile.twitter.com/matt_blumberg Karan Karia: https://mobile.twitter.com/karankaria_ Podcast Links: https://linktr.ee/DecentCryptoPodcast -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (03:30) Tornado Cash Sanctions & OFAC-Censored ETH (13:40) Eric Wall Twitter Poll & Censorship Slashing Penalties (22:15) What Will Centralized Staking Providers do? (53:40) How many forks will there be? (1:00:50) Optimistic Rollup Censorship is Even Worse