Ethereum’s Progression with Hudson Jameson | Layer Zero
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🗓️ 16 August 2022
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Hudson Jameson is an Ethereum enthusiast and core developer liaison with a rich background in blockchain projects. He’s played an active role in shaping various online communities for decentralized technology, including Ethereum and more recently, Zcash.
On today’s episode, Hudson shares his storied crypto journey starting in 2015 when he first became interested in Ethereum through the ups and downs he experienced as a part of Ethereum’s inner circle, all the way to what he’s up to today.
Hudson closes with some heartfelt advice on burnout and mental health in the crypto space that you don’t want to miss.
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Topics Covered:
0:00 Intro
4:40 Hudson’s Background
6:54 2015 Crypto
9:00 Fork and Fair Launch Era
14:26 Early Tribalism
19:28 How Hudson Stumbled on Ethereum
23:43 Early Ethereum Culture
28:40 Progress Through the Chaos
33:12 How Vitalik Handled the Chaos
37:24 Why PoS Took So Long
38:45 When Bullish ETH Became Clear
41:34 Augur & ICOs
44:51 Hudson & Inner Circle in 2017
47:46 The DAO Hack
53:30 2018-2020 Bear Market
1:00:11 Core Devs Tug-a-War
1:08:00 The Ethereum Community
1:09:41 Hudson Steps Down From EF & Burnout Culture
1:14:35 Hudson’s Legacy So Far
1:17:05 Improving Crypto’s Culture
1:20:37 Privacy
1:21:45 Closing
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Resources:
Hudson Jameson
https://twitter.com/hudsonjameson
https://hudsonjameson.com/
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Layer 0. |
| 0:08.0 | Layer 0 is a podcast of unscripted conversations with the people that make up the Ethereum community. |
| 0:13.0 | Crypto is built by code, but is composed by people, and each individual member of the crypto community has their own story to tell. |
| 0:20.0 | The CypherPunks understood that the code they write impacts the people that use it, and Layer 0 focuses on the people behind the code, |
| 0:25.0 | because Ethereum is people all the way down, and it always has been. |
| 0:28.0 | Today, on Layer 0, I'm talking with Hudson Jamison, and Hudson is a perfect example of this intro of this show. |
| 0:34.0 | He got pulled in like so many of us do into Ethereum because he saw the vision for it, but it's because he met the people, |
| 0:41.0 | and vived with the people, and in his words, and many others, felt like he found his tribe. |
| 0:47.0 | So he tells this story, and we started at the very beginning in 2015, because Hudson has been around Ethereum for so long, |
| 0:54.0 | and we go up to where Hudson is today. |
| 0:56.0 | And this is a story of the progression of the core developer and core developer community in Ethereum, |
| 1:03.0 | the EF in Ethereum, the story of Devcons, the story of the Dalhack, the story of the ICO Mania, the 2018 to 2020 bear market, |
| 1:11.0 | and the story of Prague-Pow, and just really how each one of these events have shaped the story and trajectory of the Ethereum core devs, |
| 1:20.0 | and therefore Ethereum at large. |
| 1:22.0 | Hudson, he's one of the chorus Ethereum community members that there ever is, and he's seen it all, |
| 1:28.0 | and so he's one of the most apt people to tell the story of Ethereum and how it's progressed along the way, both from the perspectives of the community, |
| 1:35.0 | and also the perspective of the core devs. |
| 1:38.0 | Hudson is a person that just exudes Ethereum values and Ethereum ethos, and so it's been a delight to have him on this podcast, |
| 1:45.0 | so I hope you enjoy this fantastic conversation with Hudson Jameson, right after we get through some of these fantastic sponsors that make this show possible. |
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