Ethereum

Acquired

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

Ma, Business, Technology, Acquisitions, Startups, Venturecapital, Vc, Investing, Investment

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 183 minutes

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Summary

We close out Season 8 with the most ambitious organization we've ever covered on Acquired: Ethereum, and it's celebrity wunderkind founder Vitalik Buterin. If you thought Mark Zuckerberg IPO-ing Facebook at $100B by age 27 was something, just wait until you hear the story of this high school junior creating $500B (!!) of market cap by the same age — and oh yeah, maybe seeding the future dethroning of Facebook, Google, Amazon and all of big tech in the process. Regardless whether you're a crypto neophyte, a die-hard bull, or a skeptical bear, this is a story you need to hear, and Ethereum is an innovation you need to understand. Buckle in for a wild ride... and some special surprises from a few Acquired friends. :)

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The Ethereum Whitepaper: https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/
Yung Spielburg https://open.spotify.com/artist/273so0X2Yuo93vfeX2nLDI and Mike Taylor https://open.spotify.com/artist/30ejUciK31BCg0IVCbt1dW on Spotify

Carve Outs:

Arthur C. Clarke: https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-C-Clarke/e/B000APF21M? (especially Rendezvous with Rama and The City & The Stars)
Disney-Marvel's Loki: https://www.disneyplus.com/series/loki/6pARMvILBGzF
The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson: https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Age-Illustrated-Primer-Spectra/dp/0553380966
Nier Automata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nier:_Automata
Magic the Gathering IRL: https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/event-types/friday-night-magic

Transcript

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0:00.0	Should we do the new theme music, even though it's not season 9 yet?
0:03.6	Ooh, I think we should. Let's do it.
0:06.3	Alright, let's do it.
0:06.8	It's a special episode.
0:07.8	Let's do it.
0:08.6	Who got the truth?
0:10.3	Is it you, is it you, is it you?
0:13.6	Who got the truth now?
0:15.6	Who?
0:16.6	Is it you, is it you, is it you?
0:18.8	Sit me down, say it straight.
0:21.3	Another story on the way, who got the truth.
0:25.5	Welcome to season 8, episode 8 of Acquired,
0:29.2	the podcast about great technology companies and the stories and playbooks behind them.
0:33.9	I'm Ben Gilbert, and I'm the co-founder and managing director of Seattle-based Pioneer
0:38.2	Square Labs and our venture fund, PSL Ventures.
0:41.5	And I'm David Rosenthal, and I'm an angel investor based in San Francisco, but today
0:47.3	I am here with you in Seattle, in the flesh.
0:50.6	In the flesh, and we are your hosts.
0:54.6	Well first, we want to give a huge shout out to Young Spielberg and Mike Taylor for
0:59.9	crafting this new intro music that we used to open this episode.
1:03.9	We have been wanting for years to do something distinctive for the show, and it was a real
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