Vitalik Buterin, Creator of Ethereum, on Understanding Ethereum, ETH vs. BTC, ETH2, Scaling Plans and Timelines, NFTs, Future Considerations, Life Extension, and More (Featuring Naval Ravikant) | Brought by Wealthfront (http://wealthfront.com/tim), Pique‘s Daily Immune (http://piquetea.com/Tim), Theragun (http://theragun.com/tim).

Show Notes: https://tim.blog/2021/03/08/vitalikb...

Vitalik Buterin (@VitalikButerin) is the creator of Ethereum. He first discovered blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies through Bitcoin in 2011 and was immediately excited by the technology and its potential. He cofounded Bitcoin Magazine in September 2011, and after two and a half years of looking at what the existing blockchain technology and applications had to offer, wrote the Ethereum white paper in November of 2013. He now leads Ethereum’s research team, working on future versions of the Ethereum protocol. In 2014, Vitalik was a recipient of the twoyear Thiel Fellowship, tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s project that awards $100,000 to 20 promising innovators under 20 so they can pursue their inventions in lieu of a postsecondary institution path. You can find his website at Vitalik.ca.

Naval Ravikant (@naval) is the cofounder and chairman of AngelList. He is an angel investor and has invested in more than 100 companies, including many megasuccesses, such as Twitter, Uber, Notion, Opendoor, Postmates, and Wish. You can subscribe to Naval, his podcast on wealth and happiness, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can also find his blog at nav.al.

Please enjoy!

00:00 Start
10:47 Ethereum vs. Bitcoin
20:54 Intellectual property in blockchain
25:30 Digital nationalism
27:53 Ethereum: concept to current day
34:21: Making Ethereum scale
41:45: Proof of stake
45:54: Layer 2 vs. layer 1
01:01:42: When Vitalik disagrees with developers
01:03:02 Organizational coexistence within Ethereum
01:05:24: Blockchain tokens are like fire.
01:13:14: Cryptocurrencies and regulation
01:23:08: Wealth inequality
01:30:30: Quadratic funding
01:39:23: Naval on campaign financing
01:40:17: Scientific research Vitalik supports + living to 1,000
01:49:54: Vitalik’s predictions
01:52:09: Vitalik’s advice to newcomers and language learners

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Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an earlystage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4Hour Workweek, The 4Hour Body, The 4Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 500 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.

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