Search


	Podcast:		Bankless
	Episode:		114 - In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism \| Vitalik Buterin
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		01:43:06
	Publish Date:		2022-04-18 07:30:00
	Description:		✨ DEBRIEF ✨ \| Ryan & David's Unfiltered Thoughts on the Episode https://shows.banklesshq.com/p/114-vitalik-debrief ---- Vitalik returns to Bankless once again—this time to defend Bitcoin Maximalism of all things. On April Fools Day this year, Vitalik posted an article to his blog titled 'In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism,' but instead of being a pure troll, the Ethereum Founder approached the piece with truth and crafted a salient & compelling argument. By steel-manning maximalism, Vitalik lays out a very reasonable case for the merits intolerance and toxicity. Philosophical and contrarian episodes like these help us understand the industry better, encouraging empathy for all sides of the debate. We explore this in context of Ethereum maximalism as well, and Vitalik offers some sage advice to Bankless. This conversation is far more philosophy-based than tech-based, but as we've seen, Vitalik is as comfortable in this setting as he is discussing the latest EIPs or protocol upgrades. Also, Vitalik spills the tea on Twitter's new favorite drink—the VB. ------
	Total Play:		0