Kevin Zhou, co-founder of Galois Capital, comes to talk about the possibility of a Proof of Work chain on Ethereum after the Merge, the LUNA death spiral, how he plans to play the Merge, and much more...    Show highlights: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how Kevin got started in crypto </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what Galois Capital is and what its investment thesis is</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Kevin was more vocal than most about the possibility of the LUNA death spiral</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">whether Kevin made money out of the Terra collapse and what was his strategy</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what the difficulty bomb in Ethereum is</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">the potential scenarios that could arise after the Merge</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">whether the public is not considering the risks of the Merge</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how the fact that everybody was telling the same narrative about ETH made Kevin suspicious</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how Chandler’s statement about forking Ethereum made it a lot more likely that it would happen</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">the groups behind the encouragement of a proof-of-work Ethereum chain</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">whether there is a value proposition for a Proof of Work chain</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how Kevin used The Cryptopians to remember how the DAO fork went</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">what replay protection is and why it is important when forking a chain</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why anyone would want to keep the difficulty bomb in a potential proof of work chain</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Kevin’s predictions about the market cap of the potential Ethereum forks</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how a proof of work chain of Ethereum would function without the biggest stablecoins like USDT and USDC</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">whether Tether is going to support Ethereum 2</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">why Kevin writes using metaphors related to history and gaming and how those analogies relate to Ethereum</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">how Kevin wanted to “stick it” to the Ethereum Foundation by offering his services</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">whether Vitalik trolled Kevin on Twitter</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">whether Kevin will apply the same strategy he used with ETC after the DAO fork</li> </ul>   Thank you to our sponsors!   1inch: <a href= "https://1inch.io/"> https://1inch.io/</a>   <a href="http://crypto.com/">Crypto.com</a>: <a href= "https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021"> https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/unconfirmedcardearnfeb2021</a>       Kevin Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital">https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital</a>     ETH2 What is the Merge?: <a href="https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/merge/">https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/merge/</a>   Proof of Work Chain Kevin’s analogy: <a href= "https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital/status/1554053321165512705?s=20"> https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital/status/1554053321165512705?s=20</a> Haseeb’s answer to Kevin’s arguments: <a href= "https://twitter.com/hosseeb/status/1554163977806000128?s=20"> https://twitter.com/hosseeb/status/1554163977806000128?s=20</a> Chandler Guo’s proposal: <a href= "https://decrypt.co/106409/prominent-chinese-ethereum-miner-wants-to-resist-merge-create-fork"> https://decrypt.co/106409/prominent-chinese-ethereum-miner-wants-to-resist-merge-create-fork</a> Kevin’s consulting offer: <a href= "https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital/status/1553090706708856832?s=20"> https://twitter.com/Galois_Capital/status/1553090706708856832?s=20</a> BitMEX researchers on the possibility of an Ethereum PoW chain: <a href= "https://blog.bitmex.com/ethpow-vs-eth2/">https://blog.bitmex.com/ethpow-vs-eth2/</a> CoinDesk article: <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/08/03/who-will-mine-ethereum-after-its-gone/"> https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/08/03/who-will-mine-ethereum-after-its-gone/</a> Poloniex’s announcement: <a href= "https://twitter.com/poloniex/status/1555085757450272768?s=21&t=jkjNGieNXdY5SgT2e9xhoQ"> https://twitter.com/poloniex/status/1555085757450272768?s=21&t=jkjNGieNXdY5SgT2e9xhoQ</a> Justin Sun’s support of ETHW: <a href= "https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1555112296006922240?s=21&t=jkjNGieNXdY5SgT2e9xhoQ"> https://twitter.com/justinsuntron/status/1555112296006922240?s=21&t=jkjNGieNXdY5SgT2e9xhoQ</a>

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Why Kevin Zhou Believes Ethereum Will Have 3 Forks After the Merge - Ep. 381

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