Ep. 460 - Managing the ETH Merge, With Jesse Pollak of Coinbase

CRYPTO 101

Bryce Paul & Brendan Viehman

Business, Investing

4.6 • 821 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In this episode of CRYPTO 101, brought to you by DraftKings Reignmakers Football, we talk to Jesse Pollak of Coinbase about what we can all expect regarding each phase of the Ethereum 2.0 migration process, which he looks at as one of the most important events in the history of the world. Sponsored link: www.draftkings.com/reignmakers-football www.draftkings.com/mobileapps Guest Links: https://twitter.com/jessepollak https://twitter.com/coinbase https://www.coinbase.com/ Show Links: https://CRYPTO101podcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/Crypto101Pod https://twitter.com/BrycePaul101 https://instagram.com/crypto_101 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/101Crypto https://www.facebook.com/CRYPTO101Podcast **THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL OR LEGAL ADVICE** © Copyright 2022 Boardwalk Flock, LLC All Rights Reserved ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Fog by DIZARO https://soundcloud.com/dizarofr Creative Commons — Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported — CC BY-ND 3.0 Free Download / Stream: http://bit.ly/Fog-DIZARO Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/lAfbjt_rmE8 ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	All right, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gather around the speaker, the car radio,
0:14.5	wherever the heck you guys are, and listen extremely closely.
0:18.9	Pizza Mind and I are joined by a very special guest, distinguished guest here
0:23.6	on the Crypto 101 podcast from a company that we've actually never had an interview with.
0:29.1	Yes, I'm talking Coinbase. I'm talking everybody's favorite exchange, everybody's favorite app,
0:34.4	everybody's maybe even favorite stock to trade. I'm joined by the senior director of engineering, Jesse Pollack, who's working on protocols.
0:43.7	So before we bring Jesse onto the show, I'm going to check in with Pizza Mind.
0:47.9	How are you doing over there in Texas?
0:49.4	Are you surviving the summer heat?
0:51.8	Well, you know, this whole move to Texas and, you know, it's going to have me
0:56.6	do a lot of reflection. When we started this podcast, I was just a happy little hobbit building
1:01.5	mining rigs. And, you know, fast forward through two, three crazy years now we are approaching Mordor
1:09.7	and there is lightning flashing and dark clouds ahead potentially.
1:13.6	And we don't know what's going to happen.
1:15.6	And that Mordor moment in crypto is indeed the Ethereum 2.0 upgrade, the changeover from proof of work to proof of stake.
1:24.6	What's going to happen? Is it going to be good? Is it going to be bad?
1:28.1	We have to go forward and find out. And there's no better expert in the industry to ask about what
1:33.9	to expect for Ethereum 2 and all the things that we love over at Coinbase than Jesse. So Jesse,
1:40.7	welcome to the Crypto 101 podcast. Thanks, guys. Super excited to be here.
1:45.5	Yeah, man. We're excited to have you. And let's just kind of jump straight into it. So the
1:50.3	senior director of engineering at Coinbase working on protocols, what, you know, how does a guy
1:56.0	even get that kind of job? What were you doing before and how did you land on something like this?
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