#40 – Vitalik Buterin on political philosophy in the 21st century

09/20/24 • 59 min

This is my conversation with Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum.

Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - intro
(00:00:33) - the crypto lens on political philosophy
(00:15:12) - the transition from the 20th to the 21st century
(00:24:29) - sponsor: Splits
(00:25:12) - the dimensions of uncertainty
(00:46:14) - the duality between being idealistic and effective
(00:58:46) - outro

Links:
Vitalik Buterin on X - https://x.com/VitalikButerin
Vitalik Buterin on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/vitalik.eth
Vitalik Buterin on making sense in a changing world - https://www.intothebytecode.com/26-vitalik
Vitalik Buterin on retroactive public goods funding - https://www.intothebytecode.com/1-vitalik-buterin-karl-floersch-retroactive-public-goods-funding

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits - https://splits.org

Into the Bytecode:
Sina Habibian on X - https://twitter.com/sinahab
Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
Into the Bytecode - https://intothebytecode.com

Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

This is my conversation with Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum.

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits - https://splits.org

Into the Bytecode:
Sina Habibian on X - https://twitter.com/sinahab
Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
Into the Bytecode - https://intothebytecode.com

Previous Episode

#39 – Eric Alston on the US constitution

This is my conversation with Eric Alston, faculty director at the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder and research associate with the Comparative Constitutions Project.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - intro
(01:29) - choice in institutions matters
(08:53) - secondary rules as rules for making rules
(17:41) - constitutional moments
(20:41) - how the US constitution has endured
(28:39) - the characteristics of the US constitution
(34:18) - sponsor: Splits
(35:01) - the economic balance between federal/state govts
(47:24) - presidential vs parliamentary systems
(01:01:13) - blockchains as experimental ground for governance
(01:13:50) - outro

Links:
Eric Alston - https://x.com/incompleterules
Eric Alston on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-alston

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits – https://splits.org

Into the Bytecode:
- Sina Habibian on X: https://twitter.com/sinahab
- Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
- Into the Bytecode: https://intothebytecode.com

Disclaimer:
This podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.

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#41 – Georgios Konstantopoulos on Reth, engineering management, and feedback loops

This is my conversation with Georgios Konstantopoulos, General Partner and CTO at Paradigm.

Timestamps:
(00:00:00) - intro
(00:00:47) - iterating on rollups
(00:07:52) - Reth architecture
(00:25:44) - sponsor: Splits
(00:26:27) - feedback loops with performance, stability, extensibility
(00:36:14) - feedback loops with the team
(00:49:17) - writing for thinking
(00:54:47) - the big vision
(01:10:49) - outro

Links:
Georgios Konstantopoulos on X - https://x.com/gakonst
Georgios Konstantopoulos on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gakons
Paradigm on X - https://x.com/paradigm
Tailscale Blog: The New Internet - https://tailscale.com/blog/new-internet

Thank you to our sponsor for making this podcast possible:
Splits - https://splits.org

Into the Bytecode:
Sina Habibian on X - https://twitter.com/sinahab
Sina Habibian on Farcaster - https://warpcast.com/sinahab
Into the Bytecode - https://intothebytecode.com

Disclaimer: this podcast is for informational purposes only. It is not financial advice nor a recommendation to buy or sell securities. The host and guests may hold positions in the projects discussed.