Vitalik Buterin: Beyond Coin Voting Governance
In this episode of Bankless Podcast, hosts David Hoffman and Ryan Adams interview Vitalik Buterin, Chief Scientist at Ethereum Foundation. They discuss his recent article "Moving Beyond Coin Voting Governance."
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
4:00 Vitalik Returns!
7:26 Decentralized Governance
14:38 Who is Governance For?
19:44 Coordinating Public Goods
26:07 Public Goods & Upgrades
34:52 New Mechanisms
38:28 What is Blockchain Governance?
47:53 Ungovernance for Layer 1
54:00 Why Coin Voting Sucks
1:02:20 Whales
1:12:15 Running Your Own Node
1:22:14 Culture & Technology
1:26:51 Scalability Tradeoffs
1:31:05 The Metaverse & Loot
1:36:55 Update on Ethereum
1:43:15 Closing & Disclaimers
The episode premiered on September 21, 2021.