Lincoln Murr is a senior at Vanderbilt pursuing an accelerated master’s and bachelor’s degree in computer science. He has published over 250 articles and presented his research at conferences worldwide. He also founded the Vanderbilt Blockchain and Anchor DAO. Murr is finishing his master’s thesis on single-slot finality with support from the Ethereum Protocol Fellowship. After graduation, he will be joining Coinbase as an Associate Product Manager. They talk about the future of blockchain and his Ph.D. dissertation.