Welcome to Part 4 of our Merge series! Today we talk about centralization and censorship in the post-Merge, Proof of Stake Ethereum world (including Eric Wall's @ercwl Twitter thread). Check out Parts 1-3 of our Merge series below!

Part 1: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Gusn2v71WSjy1uFP5OfDE?si=f99335446fe842db

Part 2: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2G0w6GgJtCiCkjknjkTGFZ?si=0768d0c24c354708

Part 3: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7smgOfy0vztQGH36Ts63w4?si=3d09dec3ea2e4961

Eric Wall's Twitter Thread: https://twitter.com/ercwl/status/1559265839723040769

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro

(03:30) Tornado Cash Sanctions & OFAC-Censored ETH

(13:40) Eric Wall Twitter Poll & Censorship Slashing Penalties

(22:15) What Will Centralized Staking Providers do?

(53:40) How many forks will there be?

(1:00:50) Optimistic Rollup Censorship is Even Worse