138 - What's Next? Vitalik Buterin | Part II
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🗓️ 3 October 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
✨ Part I:
https://youtu.be/tKjs8bBQ3sk
✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the Episode:
https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/vitalik-debrief
Vitalik Buterin is a crypto-economic researcher, author of the Ethereum Whitepaper, builder, and philosopher. He also recently published a new book titled, “Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains.”
In his first Bankless appearance post-merge, Vitalik shares his behind-the-scenes perspective on the merge, looking back—what he would’ve done differently, and most importantly—what’s next?
This is a two-part episode that you don’t what to miss! Part one is all about what’s next for Ethereum. And part two covers more of the social/philosophical realm of holistically, what is Ethereum. Further, Vitalik explores his thoughts on artificial intelligence and its relationship to crypto.
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Topics Covered
0:00 Intro
4:17 Is Ethereum a Network State?
11:09 What is Ethereum Then?
15:02 World Economic Forum & Globalism
20:16 Is Ethereum a DAO? What Are DAOs?
23:55 DAOs & Corporations
26:30 Ethereum’s End State
32:11 A.I. vs. Crypto
35:42 A.I. Ethics
41:50 AGI vs. Ethereum Progress
42:38 Closing & Vitalik Disclaimers
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Resources:
Vitalik Roadmap Bankless Episode
https://youtu.be/b1m_PTVxD-s
Vitalik’s Vlog
https://vitalik.ca/
Vitalik’s New Book
https://www.amazon.com/Proof-Stake-Ethereum-Philosophy-Blockchains/dp/164421248X/
The Ethereum Roadmap
https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1466411377107558402
Paths to Single Slot Finality
https://notes.ethereum.org/@vbuterin/single_slot_finality
MEV Boost
https://www.mevboost.org/
DAOs are not corporations
https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/09/20/daos.html
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Bankless, where we explore the frontier internet money and internet finance. |
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| 0:15.6 | This is Ryan Sean Adams. |
| 0:16.6 | I'm your with David Hoffman and we're here to help you become more bankless. |
| 0:21.4 | God's exciting episode for you. |
| 0:23.2 | This is the sequel. |
| 0:24.2 | This is part two of what's next with Vitalik buterin. |
| 0:27.4 | We ask, what's next for Ethereum? |
| 0:29.5 | In today's part two episode, we talk more broadly. |
| 0:32.4 | What's next for the world? |
| 0:33.6 | What's next for AI in the intersection of crypto? |
| 0:36.6 | This is the social and philosophical side of Ethereum. |
| 0:40.0 | We get into the question of what have we created here? |
| 0:42.6 | What is Ethereum holistically? |
| 0:44.7 | Is it like a country, a network state, as Balaji might say, or is it a DAO? |
| 0:49.9 | If it's a DAO, how should DAO's be governed? |
| 0:52.5 | Should we use a corporate governance structure or should we take the learnings from philosophy |
| 0:56.3 | and political science and apply those things to DAO's? |
| 1:00.2 | Then we end with the biggest question of all, have never heard Vitalik comment on artificial |
| 1:05.3 | intelligence in his thoughts, but he gives us those thoughts today. |
| 1:09.8 | Is AI coming to destroy humanity? |
| 1:12.2 | We ask him that question. |
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