77: Jon Wu on Ethereum Merge, Starbucks/Polygon & Kanye’s Business Deals
Timestamps:(00:00:00) - Intro + Meme Of The Week (00:03:19) - Burning Man Highlights (00:05:59) - Ethereum Merge In Simple Terms(00:10:39) - Pros & Cons Of Proof Of Stake(00:12:49) - Store Of Value(00:16:01) - Examples of Bad Behavior in Proof Of Stake Mechanism (00:20:31) - Merge, Surge, Verge, Purge, And Splurge(00:23:08) - Verkle Trees + Polygon(00:32:28) - Should We Be Worried? (00:35:19) - Polygon Powering Starbucks Loyalty(00:38:28) - Jon Wu's Case Study on Starbucks (00:47:39) - Will Starbucks Call Them NFTs?(00:50:02) - Kanye’s Business Deals & Negotiating in PublicWhat Is Not Investment Advice?Every week, Jack Butcher, Bilal Zaidi & Trung Phan discuss what they're finding on the edges of the internet + the latest in business, technology and memes.Watch + Subscribe on YouTube:https://youtu.be/5UPXVwHRo0AJoin our group chat on Telegram:https://t.me/notinvestmentadviceLet us know what you think on Twitter:@bzaidi@trungtphan@jackbutcher@niapodcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.