The end of my childhood
AI summary of the linked articleVitalik Buterin reflects on how his role in the crypto and Ethereum community has changed over the past decade. He describes meeting younger organizers and developers at hackathons, hacker houses and Zuzalu in Montenegro, and notes that he is now one of the older people in the room. He also discusses how his thinking has shifted from mathematical governance design toward less economics-focused arguments, how the 2022 FTX collapse and his 2017 meeting with Vladimir Putin shaped his sense of responsibility, and how finite experiences give life meaning. |
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4 comments "Greed is not the only form of selfishness. Lots of harm can come from cowardice, laziness, resentment, and many other movies. Furthermore, greed itself can come in many forms: greed for social status can often be just as harmful as greed for money or power." That's a good quote  Yeah I also found that insightful. Generally a really nice blog post from a more reflected and grown up Vitalik. Beautiful to witness the growth Vitalik also mentions Status as a decentralized messaging app opposed to Telegram or Discord. Status looks really promising and it’s being build by interesting folks. I have been using it as a mobile wallet (works great as ‘air gapped’ mobile wallet with Keycard integration) but never found anyone familiar in the Messenger part. Is anyone using Status as a messenger? https://status.app/ Status raised a huge ICO back then and, from what I know, did all sorts of things. But their messenger, in my view, was way ahead of time back when nobody cared about decentralized social because blockchain wasn‘t working properly yet. |
