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Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast #80

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  • Presented by Vitalik Buterin, co-creator of Ethereum

Intermediate. Assumes working knowledge.

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Distributed systemsSecurityConsensus: Raft and PaxosCryptographyPeople who shaped computing

Vitalik Buterin discusses the technical foundations of Ethereum, blockchain consensus mechanisms, smart contracts, and the future of decentralized finance.

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 expressvpn.com/lexpod - Sign up to MasterClass at masterclass.com/lex PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2kvyuCUaB6KfmKgDxuM1Yw RSS: lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 EPISODE LINKS: Vitalik blog: vitalik.ca Ethereum whitepaper: bit.ly/3cVDTpj Casper FFG (paper): bit.ly/2U6j7dJ Quadratic funding (paper): bit.ly/3aUZ8Wd Bitcoin whitepaper: bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf Mastering Ethereum (book): amzn.to/2xEjWmE OUTLINE: - Introduction - Satoshi Nakamoto - Anonymity - Open source project leadership - What is money? - Blockchain and cryptocurrency basics - Ethereum - Proof of work - Ethereum 2.0 - Beautiful ideas in Ethereum - Future of cryptocurrency - Cryptocurrency resources and people to follow - Role of governments - Meeting Putin - Large number of cryptocurrencies - Mortality CONNECT: - Subscribe to this YouTube channel - Twitter: twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Instagram: instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: medium.com/@lexfridman - Support on Patreon: patreon.com/lexfridman

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I don't want anything to do with cryptocurrencies but listening to the founder of Ethereum on the Lex Fridman podcast was fascinating. The way that guy thinks is just impressive. link to this video
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Not related to this topic, but I recently watched Lex Fridman's podcast episode with him and it was really interesting as well: link to this video .
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…proof of work and identity, PKI and digital signatures, Bitcoin, money, the Etherium origin story, smart contracts, software engineering and project governance challenges, proof of stake and consensus algorithms, sharding of storage and computation, Etherium 2.0, games built using smart contracts, Uniswap, AI and crypto, and closes on Immortality link to this video 2021-02-13 Lex Friedman Podcast #159 – Richard Craib: WallStreetBets, Numerai, and the Future of Stock Trading - Looks at the recent WalkStreetBets and Gamestop Saga that caused such a stir in the trading markets, then moves on to talk about hedge funds, shorting, new ways crypto and AI could change the world of finance, aswell as more es…
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Yes. Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum founder) talks about this in his talk with Lex Fridman. According to him, the overhead of running a Quantum computer will be higher than the speed-up advantage you get by using it for mining. Link to his talk link to this video (43:00)
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