#80 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money

2020-03-16 · 96 min · 20 entities

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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. Support this podcast by supporting the sponsors with a special code: – Get ExpressVPN at https://www.expressvpn.com/lexpod – Sign up to MasterClass at https://masterclass.com/lex 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 This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook , Medium , or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts , follow on Spotify , or support it on Patreon . Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. OUTLINE: 00:00 – Introduction 04:43 – Satoshi Nakamoto 08:40 – 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