The Network State Podcast
Balaji Srinivasan and Vitalik Buterin
Episode 1 | February 2023
A discussion between Vitalik Buterin and Balaji Srinivasan on starting new countries, improving yourself, and upgrading Ethereum.
OUTLINE
00:00 - Introduction
01:27 - A brief history of Ethereum
16:54 - The DAO hack
20:32 - The Devcon 2 attack
33:24 - The Merge
35:52 - Ethereum Roadmap
47:41 - The de-OFACization of Ethereum?
1:06:18 - Starting new countries
1:22:20 - Svalbard
1:27:29 - Network effects
1:33:12 - Regulation as a bounding box
1:35:42 - What new country would Vitalik start?
1:39:39 - Network states and social networks
1:43:19 - Advice on leveling up
1:51:17 - How Vitalik learned Chinese
1:55:14 - Learning by doing
LINKS
1) Ethereum Average Block Time: https://ycharts.com/indicators/ethere...
2) What is EIP-1559: https://consensys.net/blog/quorum/wha...
3) Quadratic Hash problem: https://bitcoinclassic.com/devel/Quad...
4) The merge: https://ethereum.org/en/upgrades/merge
5) MEV watch: https://www.mevwatch.info/
6) Sousveillance: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousvei...
7) Best weather cities to live in the US: https://wired.com/2014/02/see-u-s-cit...
8) Global passport ranking: https://passportindex.org/byRank.php?...
9) Longyearbyen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longyea...
10) Demography of the Roman Empire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demogra...
AUDIO
1) Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
2) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/10yi2HX...
CREDITS
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