Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil - Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use code LEX to get $5 off - Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit - Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60% off - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Vitalik's Twitter: https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin Vitalik's Blog: https://vitalik.ca/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast   Clips playlist:    • Lex Fridman Podcast Clips   OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:19 - Shiba Inu story 18:35 - Regulation 22:48 - Crime 27:54 - Proof of stake vs proof of work 40:44 - Miner extractable value 46:20 - Scaling 47:43 - Bitcoin blocksize wars 53:51 - Hard fork vs soft fork 57:34 - Craig Wright 1:04:18 - Scaling: Sharding 1:11:07 - Scaling: Rollups 1:19:30 - Polygon and other Layer 2 technologies 1:27:11 - Merging PoS and PoW chains 1:36:49 - Lessons learned from Ethereum 2.0 failure incidents 1:45:35 - Bitcoin vs Ethereum 1:51:30 - Dogecoin 1:57:38 - Elon Musk 2:00:15 - Chainlink 2:03:35 - Charles Hoskinson and Cardano 2:11:09 - AI safety 2:16:08 - NFTs 2:18:58 - Scams 2:28:34 - Longevity 2:37:55 - Does death give meaning to life? 2:43:38 - Lex and Vitalik speak Russian 2:47:29 - Meaning of life 2:52:48 - Dan Carlin's Hardcore History and WWII SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman