Ready for Merge
Episodes
Ready for Merge Ep. 25 👾
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Tomás, one of the lead maintainers of Ethrex, a minimalist Ethereum execution layer (EL) client written in Rust.Before working in crypto, Tomás...
Ready for Merge Ep. 24 👾
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Christine D. Kim shares high-level updates on the upgrades planned for Bitcoin Core and Ethereum. She also dives into groundbreaking findings by the G...
Ready for Merge Ep. 23 👾
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Christine D. Kim discusses Bitcoin developer community-building, culture, and events with niftynei from Bitcoin++ and Charlie Spears ...
Ready for Merge Ep. 22 👾
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Ready for Merge, Christine D. Kim shares a biweekly brief on the latest Bitcoin and Ethereum protocol developments, covering Ethere...
Ready for Merge Ep. 21 👾
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Mark, a developer working for Sigma Prime on the Ethereum consensus layer (CL) client, Lighthouse.In 2013, Mark first heard about Bitcoin in a ra...
Ready for Merge Ep. 20 👾
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Preston, a developer working for Offchain Labs on the Ethereum consensus layer (CL) client, Prysm.Preston’s biggest contribution to Ethereum de...
Ready for Merge Ep. 19 👾
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:In this bi-weekly brief, Christine D. Kim breaks down the latest developments in Bitcoin and Ethereum protocol development. She covers the upc...
Ready for Merge Ep. 18 👾
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:In this episode, Christine D. Kim discusses the Hegota execution layer (EL) headliner selection with two Ethereum developers: Jannik Luhn, Res...
Ready for Merge Ep. 17 👾
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:In this episode of Ready for Merge, Christine D. Kim sits down with Ethereum Foundation researcher Jihoon Song and Miga Labs founder Leonardo ...
Ready for Merge Ep. 16 👾
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meet “Floppy”, a full-time Bitcoin developer working on a decentralized privacy solution for Bitcoin called Joinstr. To unlock greater usability ...
Ready for Merge Ep. 15 👾
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Christine D. Kim gives another bi-weekly brief on the important updates in Bitcoin and Ethereum development.On the Bitcoin side, she covers two new pu...
Ready for Merge Ep. 14 👾
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Murch, a full-time Bitcoin protocol developer who co-founded his own Bitcoin development company called LocalHost Research.As part of his day job...
BWB: Glamsterdam Gas Repricing EIPs & X Account Hacks
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this bi-weekly brief, Christine D. Kim provides updates on the scoping process for the Glamsterdam upgrade. She also highlights updates to the Bitc...
MTD: Calvin Kim (Utreexo)
15 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Calvin, a Bitcoin protocol developer sponsored by OpenSats, who is working on the Utreexo project.Utreexo is a hash-based accumulator for the Bit...
BWB: The Final Act of the Fusaka Upgrade & Why Everyone Wants to Fork Bitcoin Right Now
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this bi-weekly brief on Bitcoin and Ethereum protocol development, Christine discusses:1. The activation of the second Blob Parameter Only (BPO) ha...
BWB: The Most Influential Bitcoin & Ethereum Code Merges of 2025
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summary:In this episode of the Ready for Merge show, Christine D. Kim reviews the most significant code changes in Bitcoin and Ethereum protocol devel...
DevTalk: Fusaka Retrospective
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this guest episode of the Ready for Merge podcast, Christine is joined by EthPandaOps Engineer Barnabas Busa and Prysm Client Developer James He to...
BWB: Bitcoin's Cluster Mempool PR & Ethereum's Fusaka Mainnet Activation
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bi-weekly brief on Bitcoin and Ethereum protocol development, Christine discusses two main topics: 1. Bitcoin Core's newly merged Cluster Memp...
BWB: EIP 7918 in Fusaka & Updates to the BIP Process
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this bi-weekly brief on Bitcoin and Ethereum protocol development, Christine discusses four topics: 1. Fusaka mainnet activation on December 32. EI...
MTD: Justin Florentine (Besu)
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Justin, a Besu developer who works at Consensys.Justin wasn’t initially a fan of Ethereum. He was first interested in Bitcoin and considered Et...
BWB: Fusaka Client Release Readiness & Bitcoin Core's C Header API Merge
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Christine D. Kim shares updates on the Ethereum Fusaka upgrade timeline, Glamsterdam scoping discussions, a controversial Bitcoin Imp...
MTD: Marius Van Der Wijden (Geth)
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Marius van der WijdenX: vdwijdenLinkedIn: Marius van der WijdenGitHub: mariusvanderwijdenEthereum Foundation- Official Website- 2025 Strategic GoalsGe...
BWB: 2 New PRs Merged Into Bitcoin Core & 3 Announcements About Fusaka
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Summary: In this episode of the Ready for Merge show, Christine D. Kim discusses the latest updates in Bitcoin and Ethereum protocol developments. She...
MTD: Giulio Rebuffo (Erigon)
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Giulio RebuffoX: GiulioRebuffoSubstack: Giulio’s SwampGitHub: Giulio2002Infinite Jungle Interview: Meet Giulio, CTO of ErigonErigon, the company- Of...
Ep.1 Pilot
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keywords: Bitcoin, Ethereum, blockchain, protocol development, cryptocurrency, podcast, code changes, decentralized technologies, Ready for MergeSumma...