When is the Merge going to happen? Perhaps one of the most frequently asked questions in crypto since the launch of Ethereum's beacon chain in late 2020.

We caught up with Tim Beiko from the Ethereum Foundation who runs the core developer calls and has his finger on the pulse when it comes to Ethereum's highly-anticipated upgrade to proof of stake. We asked him all about the work being done on the world's leading smart contract platform, timeline of events and what traditional investors can expect post-merge.

00:00 - Introductions
00:50 - Breaking down the Merge: What it is and why it matters
03:15 - Timeline of events related to the Merge
07:30 - Challenges and opportunities discovered while working on the Merge
09:30 - Has the pullback in asset prices affected developer progress on the Merge?
11:10 - What ether issuance post-merge will look like
13:40 - Why should traditional investors care about the Merge?
15:25 - How Ethereum stacks up against other Layer-1 protocols
18:10 - Future upgrades on Ethereum 
20:00 - Will the end user experience change as a result of the Merge?
22:40 - What will happen to miners who have invested in computing hardware?
23:30 - What innovation is Tim most excited about