#80 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money
March 16, 2020
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Episode 80 · March 16, 2020
#80 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money
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#80 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>EPISODE LINKS:<br />
Vitalik blog: <a href="https://vitalik.ca">https://vitalik.ca</a><br />
Ethereum whitepaper: <a href="http://bit.ly/3cVDTpj">http://bit.ly/3cVDTpj</a><br />
Casper FFG (paper): <a href="http://bit.ly/2U6j7dJ">http://bit.ly/2U6j7dJ</a><br />
Quadratic funding (paper): <a href="http://bit.ly/3aUZ8Wd">http://bit.ly/3aUZ8Wd</a><br />
Bitcoin whitepaper: <a href="https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf">https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf</a><br />
Mastering Ethereum (book): <a href="https://amzn.to/2xEjWmE">https://amzn.to/2xEjWmE</a></p>
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<p>Here’s the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.</p>
<p>OUTLINE:<br />
00:00 – Introduction<br />
04:43 – Satoshi Nakamoto<br />
08:40 – Anonymity<br />
11:31 – Open source project leadership<br />
13:04 – What is money?<br />
30:02 – Blockchain and cryptocurrency basics<br />
46:51 – Ethereum<br />