Lubin’s 2022: In the latter half of 2022, the Ethereum blockchain underwent its long-awaited Merge, which resulted in a move from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake, which resulted in the blockchain requiring less energy to run. With climate concerns in mind and in an effort to make up for Ethereum’s years of higher energy usage, Lubin and ConsenSys banded together with multiple entities to form the Ethereum Climate Platform, which made headlines in November. The coalition aims to fund projects looking to offset Ethereum’s previous energy usage, with other founders including Polygon, Microsoft and more. In October, ConsenSys formed a decentralized autonomous organization called the MetaMask Grants DAO, with the goal of expanding the Web3 and MetaMask ecosystem. ConsenSys invested $2.4 million in the effort over a 12-month trial period. Late in the year, ConsenSys updated its privacy policy to inform people that certain information from MetaMask users, including IP addresses, was being collected as part of MetaMask’s processes. Following concerns from industry participants, ConsenSys later clarified the specifics of the policy, in part noting that actions such as simply logging into a MetaMask wallet would not trigger data collection.