Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast #80
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- Mar 16, 2020
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Vitalik Buterin is co-creator of Ethereum and ether, which is a cryptocurrency that is currently the second-largest digital currency after bitcoin. Ethereum has a lot of interesting technical ideas that are defining the future of blockchain technology, and Vitalik is one of the most brilliant people...
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Vitalik Buterin is co-creator of Ethereum and ether, which is a cryptocurrency that is currently the second-largest digital currency after bitcoin. Ethereum has a lot of interesting technical ideas that are defining the future of blockchain technology, and Vitalik is one of the most brilliant people innovating this space today.
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EPISODE LINKS:
Vitalik blog: https://vitalik.ca
Ethereum whitepaper: http://bit.ly/3cVDTpj
Casper FFG (paper): http://bit.ly/2U6j7dJ
Quadratic funding (paper): http://bit.ly/3aUZ8Wd
Bitcoin whitepaper: https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
Mastering Ethereum (book): https://amzn.to/2xEjWmE
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
4:43 - Satoshi Nakamoto
8:40 - Anonymity
11:31 - Open source project leadership
13:04 - What is money?
30:02 - Blockchain and cryptocurrency basics
46:51 - Ethereum
59:23 - Proof of work
1:02:12 - Ethereum 2.0
1:13:09 - Beautiful ideas in Ethereum
1:16:59 - Future of cryptocurrency
1:22:06 - Cryptocurrency resources and people to follow
1:24:28 - Role of governments
1:27:27 - Meeting Putin
1:29:41 - Large number of cryptocurrencies
1:32:49 - Mortality
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