Vitalik Buterin hour-long inteview | TheProtocol.TV

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This is a preview of a 1-hour interview with Vitalik Buterin of Ethereum. Watch the full video using bitcoin micropayment at:
https://TheProtocol.TV/Vitalik

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beuolvPd6KY

In this wide-ranging interview, Vitalik discusses Ethereum, how bitcoin micropayments might change the media landscape, and a new interest: Cryptoeconomics…the study of cryptographic protocols with economic incentives.

00:22 - Part 1 - Ethereum
01:29 - What got you interested first: bitcoin or the Blockchain?
03:17 - What caused the transition?
06:07 - Why did Satoshi decide not to develop a robust programming language for Bitcoin?
11:07 - Tell me about the IBM/Samsung and Ethereum collaboration.
14:57 - What are some of the applications you envisioned for Ethereum? Has that thinking evolved?
17:36 - Part 2 - Micropayments
25:00 - Bitcoin micropayment channels and tipping
33:15 - Part 3 - Cryptoeconomics
36:22 - What is the Cryptocurrency Research Group?
41:03 - What is going to drive mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency?
51:19 - Give me your best/worst case scenario for crypto.

About Vitalik:

Vitalik Buterin is the creator of Ethereum, a decentralized blockchain platform built atop a Turing-complete programming language. Many consider Ethereum to be "Bitcoin 2.0" and are fascinated by the possibility of truly programmable money built for the Internet Age. Mr. Buterin was also a co-founder of Bitcoin Magazine and has written about bitcoin and blockchain technology for years.