Ethereum
· 2 h 57 min · S8 E8
Episode Ethereum
We close out Season 8 with the most ambitious organization we've ever covered on Acquired: Ethereum, and it's celebrity wunderkind founder Vitalik Buterin. If you thought Mark Zuckerberg IPO-ing Facebook at $100B by age 27 was something, just wait until you hear the story of this high school junior creating $500B (!!) of market cap by the same age — and oh yeah, maybe seeding the future dethroning of Facebook, Google, Amazon and all of big tech in the process. Regardless whether you're a crypto neophyte, a die-hard bull, or a skeptical bear, this is a story you need to hear, and Ethereum is an innovation you need to understand. Buckle in for a wild ride... and some special surprises from a few Acquired friends. :)
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Links:
• The Ethereum Whitepaper: https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/ • Yung Spielburg https://open.spotify.com/artist/273so0X2Yuo93vfeX2nLDI and Mike Taylor https://open.spotify.com/artist/30ejUciK31BCg0IVCbt1dW on Spotify
Carve Outs:
• Arthur C. Clarke: https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-C-Clarke/e/B000APF21M? (especially Rendezvous with Rama and The City & The Stars) • Disney-Marvel's Loki: https://www.disneyplus.com/series/loki/6pARMvILBGzF • The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson: https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Age-Illustrated-Primer-Spectra/dp/0553380966 • Nier Automata: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nier:_Automata • Magic the Gathering IRL: https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/event-types/friday-night-magic
Links in the notes 15
- https://bit.ly/acquiredservicenow26
- https://bit.ly/acquiredlegora
- https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta
- https://bit.ly/acquiredstatsig26
- https://www.acquired.fm/email
- https://pod.link/acquiredlp
- https://www.acquired.fm/store
- https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/
- https://open.spotify.com/artist/273so0X2Yuo93vfeX2nLDI
- https://open.spotify.com/artist/30ejUciK31BCg0IVCbt1dW
- https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-C-Clarke/e/B000APF21M
- https://www.disneyplus.com/series/loki/6pARMvILBGzF
- https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Age-Illustrated-Primer-Spectra/dp/0553380966
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nier:_Automata
- https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/event-types/friday-night-magic
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