Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum is a Decentralized Consensus Platform

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Digital crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin are the singularity of money and, after spending some time educating myself, I have turned from a skeptic into a fan. If you are not familiar with the topic then I suggest that you start with my interview with Andreas Antonopoulos. In that conversation we lay down the basics and discuss why "Bitcoin is not currency; it's the internet of money!"

If you are already intellectually comfortable with Bitcoin, then it is time to talk about Bitcoin 2.0 and the best candidate so far is Ethereum. Ethereum is the brain-child of Vitalik Buterin who wrote most of the original code and had such a compelling vision that he managed to attract a large team of coders, cryptography experts, investors and supporters -- all with the goal of making it a reality. And so I was extremely happy to interview Buterin for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast.

During our 70 min conversation with Vitalik we cover a variety of topics such as: what is Ethereum and how is it different from Bitcoin; Vitalik's motivation and biggest dream; why and how Ethereum was designed to be Turing complete; the differences between Ethereum and Ether; the idea of creating a decentralized app ecosystem; egalitarianism and the Gini index; the size and security of the Ethereum database; the excange rate and sale of Ether coins...

[bradarmstrong]

As a blockchain technology follower and investor in Ethereum, I read Vitalik's writings and I have sought out every interview of him.  He is a genius. Considering all the Vitalik interviews of which I am aware, this is the most wide-ranging, comprehensive and informative.  Thank you for making it.

[chase]

Hey, Nikola. Just wanted to take the time to say thank you for this excellent interview. I've seen most all of the media on Vitalik, and this is by far the best one. It is expertly crafted in many different ways. Keep up the good work! 

[MattMcGivern]

Great interview. One of the best VB ones I've seen to-date. Thank you. Nearly two years old. Time for a new interview :)

[HaciendasPaloVerde]

Vitalik is easily the most brilliant 20 year old I've had the privilege to meet. And a go-getter with vision to boot, very humble, always fun to listen to.

[LittleBigDonDon]

HANDS DOWN the best interview with Vitalik to date. Please do a follow up!!

[xanthirudha]

When he talks about other people he seems so humble and fascinated

[shaunshull]

Hi Nikola, I just wanted to say thanks for the excellent videos. I have run across many of your videos over the years when searching various topics of interest and every interview is expertly done. Thanks for all your hard work.

[MawaMaverick]

Thank you for this interview. Clearly 3 years down the road Vitalik has delivered exactly what he wanted.

[Easybitz]

This interview makes Ethereum very real for even average folks. amazing job!

[samuelvidal]

It is not so often that one can see true genius. This was one of those rare time.
If I had a company I would immediately send him a good job offer to make whatever he is interested in doing, just for the pleasure of having him around available to discuss interesting stuff from time to time ^^.

[Ronbo]

Awesome interview.The importance of this man can not be over stated.

[ycnexu]

This is an informative interview, if sometimes awkward, even if you've seen a lot of Vitalik already. Good job!

[JoshuaDellay]

I love your series, I am a true believer in kurzweil/singularity feel that BTC is a good correlation! I love the depth you take the discussion to!

[ravindersembi]

great interview, one of the best i have seen with Vitalik

[NicolaDiMarco]

"I believe you have a very bright future my friend"

[ciddyboy]

What a phenomenal person. 3 years later he was still rocking this same sweater during interviews not giving two fks about his acne.

[david]

Great interview. VB is a genius. Humble and a visionary.

[BlockChainDP]

Amazing vision Vitalik. My mining farm is only mining Etherum because i belive in your project :)

[gerardo.galvan]

Wished i knew all about this back when it was .25 cents :'(

[gems]

Pat Jack put it very sistinctly, great interview.