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Feb 2022
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Vitalik Buterin - Green Pill #1

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About this episode

Vitalik Buterin is the founder of Ethereum and a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation. 

As the visionary behind the network, Vitalik's values are embodied within the ethos of Ethereum's community-centric nature.

Exploring quadratic funding, pluralism, and sybil resistance, we dive into why Vitalik cares about public goods and how we can utilize novel mechanisms to fund them elegantly. 

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------ Topics Covered:

0:00 Intro 3:30 Vitalik & Quadratic Funding 7:06 Evolution & Problems 12:14 Vitalik GreenPilled 15:00 Crypto’s Endgame 19:54 Pluralism 24:59 Public Goods Mechanisms 28:55 Sybil Resistance in Argentina 33:30 Community Values 38:55 Public vs Private Goods 42:10 Net Positive Impacts 44:09 Closing

------ Resources:

Kevin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/owocki?s=20&t=A1yy1WYtQlNAOiSxXtGuNQ 

Vitalik on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin?s=20&t=6oPk84CaEN12Es6e7Nze3A 

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