Vitalik is my hero; you won't find a more dedicated Ethereum fanboy than me. It has some amazing use cases and could propel blockchain technology to a whole new level of mainstream acceptance. It's great that Vitalik makes himself so readily accessible to the community. He's even personally responded on occasion to comments I made on some Reddit posts. So it's kind of disheartening to see people wasting his time with such banal questions. But I guess that's just the nature of us silly, flawed human beings.
By the way, for anyone who doesn't know much about Ethereum and wants a bit of an overview, I wrote an introduction to it recently:
interesting. I can't remember which I found first, Ethereum or Steemit. I think I came across an Ethereum video around the same time I found steemit. I was a fangirl for like two minutes before I saw @dantheman crush him during an interview.......I think his youth might be something that has positives and negatives.....It certainly does support the idea of mainstream adoption. I am curious though if the DAO disaster hadn't happened, would Ethereum be farther along than it is right now?
Where did you find that interview? I've always thought it would be fun to see a debate between Vitalik and Dan. I understand they have very different viewpoints. But from what you say it sounds like Vitalik didn't fare so well.
I think the DAO disaster was a huge setback for Ethereum. Similar to Mt. Gox did with Bitcoin, the DAO tainted public perception of Ethereum for a while, though I believe we have mostly moved past that by now. It also set development back quite a bit since the Ethereum Foundation had to devote so many resources to dealing with the DAO. If not for that distraction, we might have reached the Metropolis milestone by now. But things seem back on track , and ultimately the Ethereum network is stronger for having survived the ordeal. Certainly the renewed focus on security of smart contracts has been a big positive from the whole thing.
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Wonderful, thanks! Something fun to start my weekend off with. :-)
It's a really good one! The only video I'm aware of that has Vitalik and Dan asking questions.....