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#188 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Ethereum - What's the Tension?

The history of cryptocurrency has this tension of really good ideas that are hard to implement. This is like the story of, you have JavaScript that basically took over the world because it was quick to implement within 10 days and then later kept fixing itself. What do you make of that tension? I think the compromise that we've been taking within Ethereum is like when we have to take the crappy solution,. We look for crappy solutions that are forward compatible with becoming good over time.

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