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Vitalik Buterin is a cryptoeconomic researcher, author of the Ethereum Whitepaper, builder, and philosopher. He also recently published a new book titled, “Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains.”

In his first Bankless appearance postmerge, Vitalik shares his behindthescenes perspective on the merge, looking back—what he would’ve done differently, and most importantly—what’s next?

This is a twopart episode that you don’t what to miss! Part one is all about what’s next for Ethereum. And part two covers more of the social/philosophical realm of holistically, what is Ethereum. Further, Vitalik explores his thoughts on artificial intelligence and its relationship to crypto.


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Topics Covered

0:00 Intro
10:28 What Will Trolls Focus on Next?
11:34 The Merge From Vitalik’s Perspective
15:10 PoS Energy Reduction
27:09 Why PoS Took So Long
32:03 Truly Optimal PoS
35:12 What Vitalik Would Change
37:30 Where Are We in Ethereum’s Trajectory
52:53 The Economics of Staking
1:02:15 Centralization of Stake Worry
1:11:40 Censorship Resistance Problem
1:15:15 Validator Choices
1:18:30 Have L2s Lived Up to the Hype
1:20:37 The 20232024 Ethereum Era
1:25:41 Closing


Resources:

Vitalik Roadmap Bankless Episode
   • 99  Endgame | Vitalik Buterin  

Vitalik’s Vlog
https://vitalik.ca/

Vitalik’s New Book
https://www.amazon.com/ProofStakeEt...

The Ethereum Roadmap
  / 1466411377107558402  

Paths to Single Slot Finality
https://notes.ethereum.org/@vbuterin/...

MEV Boost
https://www.mevboost.org/

DAOs are not corporations
https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/09/20...


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