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In this episode, Lex interviews Justin Drake, researcher at the Ethereum foundation to talk about all-things-Merge. The Ethereum Merge is the conclusion of years of effort and coordination between a large group developers around the world, realizing the transition from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake. From his position in the Ethereum foundation, Justin offers an insider perspective on the Ethereum ecosystem, the work that went into the Merge, what what we can expect for the future.

In this episode, Lex interviews Steven Goldfeder, co-founder and CEO of Offchain Labs, best known as the creators of the Arbitrum Rollup network, one of the leading scaling solutions for Ethereum and Web3. Lex and Steven discuss the foundational productivity of crypto networks, how they grow, how they scale, and how Arbitrum will grow in the future. Steven discusses his history in computer science, involvement with cryptography, and how he came to be involved with the web3 space.

Arbitrum is a scaling solution for DeFi apps, and can scale any Ethereum contract.

In this episode, Lex is in conversation with Marieke Flament, CEO of the NEAR Foundation and enterprising fintech entrepreneur and operator. Lex and Marieke talk about Marieke's origin and motivations in her journey, and discuss business structure, fintech strategy, and web3 protocol strategy.

Near foundation enables community-driven innovation to benefit people around the world. They are a non-profit foundation headquartered in Switzerland that is responsible for contracting protocol maintainers, funding ecosystem development, and shepherding core governance of the NEAR protocol.

In this episode, Lex welcomes Daniel Heyman, founder and CEO of Palm NFT Studio and prolific blockchain entrepreneur. Lex and Dan chat about his entry into entrepreneurship, which took him from MIT to East Africa, mobile payments, and microfinance, igniting an interest in technology that eventually lead Dan to helm one of the world's foremost NFT production studios.

In this episode, Lex interviews Mike Godsey, General Manager of Infura, one of the world-leading providers of the infrastructure powering Web3. In this discussion, Lex and Mike discuss some of the technical foundation of Web3, the evolution of the ecosystem, and what it means to create infrastructure for blockchain-based applications, finance, games, and services, along with Mike's personal journey through the space and how he's helped realize the modern vision of the decentralized internet.

Dan Finlay is the co-founder of MetaMask, the crypto wallet with more than 21 million monthly active users. In conversation with Lex Sokolin, Dan reveals the founding story of MetaMask and his journey as a developer and entrepreneur in the Web 3 world. Discover how the evolution of the ecosystem is reflected in the use of MetaMask from DeFi to NFTs and DAOs, and how Dan's ambition to develop social resilience and a sustainable future are shaping the next milestones of MetaMask.