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Vitalik Buterin
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The Founders' List: Vitalik Buterin on Bitcoin Maximalism, Currency, and Platform Network Effects
WithVitalik Buterin
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This is The Founders’ List – audio versions of essays from technology’s most important leaders, selected by the founder community. In this article (published in 2014) Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin challenges the Bitcoin maximalist movement a few different ways. Bitcoin maximalists believe that… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageVitalik Buterin on Space, Longevity, Mars & More ("The B- Side" with Morgan Beller)
WithMorgan BellerVitalik Buterin
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Today we’re releasing the B-Side of our conversation with Vitalik Buterin, highlighting what may look strangely different in the coming decades. Here’s what great Founders know that others do not: What seems weird today may actually be signal of an outsized opportunity ahead. Last week, Vitalik and… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageVitalik Buterin on The Revolt of the Public ("The A-Side" with Morgan Beller)
WithMorgan BellerVitalik Buterin
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Today we’re releasing the “A-Side” of a conversation with Vitalik Buterin, known as the creator of Ethereum and is a force behind much of the crypto movement. Vitalik shares his unique points of view on politics, crypto, Americanism, GameStop, and Wall Street Bets, Tesla, China, privacy, The… More on the show's page
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Bonus Sneak Peek: Vitalik Buterin, Founder of Ethereum
WithVitalik Buterin
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Simon's with the founder and creator of Ethereum, one of the largest cryptocurrencies, Vitalik Buterin to talk about the future and enterprise capabilities of DLT, blockchain and Ethereum. And just what are zero-knowledge proofs? Here's a little sneak preview on what happened. Listen to the full… More on the show's page
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Why One Superintelligence Is More Dangerous Than a Thousand (Vincent Weisser, CEO & Co-Founder of Prime Intellect)
MentionsVitalik Buterin
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Much of the fear around AI centers on misalignment – the idea that powerful systems might act against human interests. Vincent Weisser worries about something different: what happens if advanced AI systems are perfectly aligned with the interests of a small group of institutions? That concern led… More on the show's page
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How The Thiel Fellowship Created $750B+ In Value | Ethereum, Figma, OYO
MentionsDylan FieldPeter ThielDanielle StrachmanLaura DemingLucy GuoVitalik Buterin
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In just over a decade, The Thiel Fellowship has produced more than $750B* in value creation , with a 13.79% unicorn hit rate . Fellows launched some of the most important companies of the 21st century, Vitalik Buterin’s Ethereum, Dylan Field’s Figma, Lucy Guo’s Scale AI, Ritesh Agarwal’s OYO,… More on the show's page
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EP 9: Facebook Execs Go Extremely Remote, Bored Ape Yacht Club’s Gaming Era, Ethereum Regret and Nikita’s Back Once Again!
MentionsVitalik Buterin
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(01:26) Facebook executives flee but not in a super disconcerting way yet (09:34) Yuga Labs raised $450 million dollars to let Bored Ape Yacht Club try to do a thing (21:53) Democratizing NFTs for everybody as long as everybody has $250,000 (29:33) Why you’d mess with NFT success kinda just…
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Ethereum
MentionsGoogleMark ZuckerbergVitalik Buterin
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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… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageThe Founders' List: The Ethereum Whitepaper
MentionsVitalik Buterin
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This introductory paper was originally published in 2013 by Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, before the project's launch in 2015. It's worth noting that Ethereum, like many community-driven, open-source software projects, has evolved since its initial inception. While several years old,… More on the show's page
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