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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.