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#1 - Vitalik Buterin on Starting New Countries, Upgrading Ethereum, and Improving Yourself

The Network State Podcast

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Ethereum - What Kind of Tweaks Can You Make to Them?

Einstein: I was working on covered coins and a Mastercoin. And basically right after I had started asking myself the question, what kinds of tweaks can you make to them? So at first I was just making these tiny tweaks. Then I realized, well, what if we made Mastercoin that had a feature for generic two party financial contracts; it could specify a four below. That's when we had these big insights like maybe it makes sense for a contract to actually be an account. What if it makes sense to make it possible to send coins directly to a contract?

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