83 - Beyond Coin Voting Governance | Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin returns to the Podcast to discuss his recent article 'Moving Beyond Coin Voting Governance.' As always, Vitalik comes with a birds-eye view of high level challenges facing the crypto space with a moral & philosophical slant.

Building sufficiently decentralized governance mechanisms is a hugely challenging endeavor. Tackling elegant solutions to coin voting, we also cover the benefits of running your own node, the metaverse, and an update on the Ethereum narrative.

When Vitalik comes on Bankless, it's time to listen closely.

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Topics Covered:

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

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Resources:

Vitalik on Twitter
https://twitter.com/VitalikButerin?s=20 

Moving beyond coin voting governance
https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/08/16/voting3.html 

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