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

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Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

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🗓️ 16 March 2020

⏱️ 96 minutes

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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

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0:00.0	The following is a conversation with Vitalik Buterin, co-creator of an author of the
0:05.7	white paper that launched Ethereum and Ether, which is a cryptocurrency that is currently
0:11.8	the second largest digital currency after Bitcoin.
0:15.9	Ethereum has a lot of interesting technical ideas that are defining the future of blockchain
0:20.8	technology, and Vitalik is one of the most brilliant people innovating in the space today.
0:27.0	Unlike Satoshi Nakamoto, the unknown person or group that created Bitcoin, Vitalik is
0:34.9	very well known, and at a young age is thrust into the limelight as one of the main faces
0:41.5	of the technology that may redefine the nature of money in all forms of digital transactions
0:47.8	in the 21st century.
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