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Apr 2022
25 m

Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 2

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About this episode

The elder statesman of smart contract blockchains 0:00

The Ethereum community 1:22

The DAO hack 2:34

Vitalik's finest and worst moments in protocol politics 5:18

Becoming a Twitter memelord 7:45

Vitalik's influence on Eth today 8:59

It's getting harder to do big things in Eth 10:38

Goals outside Ethereum 12:17

Crypto needs the good-natured 15:00

Russia 18:06

Vitalik's lifestyle 19:51

Closing thoughts 22:06

Transcript http://nav.al/vitalik-2

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