Preston Van Loon and Raul Jordan join us to talk about their life before Prysmatic Labs, what it was like to build and contribute to Ethereum, to now working at Offchain Labs, scaling Ethereum. 

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In this interview, we discuss: 

0:00 Where Preston and Raul grew up

11:02 How Preston got to Google

15:58 Does Google and Crypto have a shared interest?

17:56 How Preston and Raul met

20:00 What Helped them Run Prysmatic Labs

24:03 Shipping the Beaconchain

30:28 Why join a Layer 2 team?

39:39 What Preston and Raul are working on

41:06 What Preston and Raul are excited about

48:20 Can Ethereum succsed without Vitalik?

54:43 Preston can Fly Planes

57:15 Raul Speaks Cantonese

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Disclaimer:

Nothing in this podcast should be taken or understood as financial advice of any kind, and all opinions expressed by the host or guests, are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Offchain Labs.