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

Lex Fridman interviews Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin about Ethereum, cryptocurrency and the future of money. The conversation also touches on technical topics such as quantum computing and mining.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends it as a fascinating conversation showing how the Ethereum founder thinks.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Lex Fridman
Topic
ethereum and cryptocurrency
Format
interview
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
3
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2020–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.

  • 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. [VIDEO]

    neillyons on Hacker News · 2020-12
    In Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?
  • Not related to this topic, but I recently watched Lex Fridman's podcast episode with him and it was really interesting as well: [VIDEO] .

    ZephyrBlu on Hacker News · 2020-08
    In Trust Models
  • I didn’t watch that one. So far I’ve only listened to a few. I mostly listen via the podcast feed. I posted the ones I liked to my linkblog ( [LINK] ): [2020-12-26] Lex Friedman Podcast #80 - Vitalik Buterin - Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the …

    mjgs on Hacker News · 2021-02
    In Brendan Eich on the Lex Fridman Podcast [video]

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