#InnoMinds EP6 | Co-Founder of Ethereum Vitalik Buterin (PART 2)

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Jun 18, 2022

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INSIGHT

Two-Sided Problem of Public Goods Funding

Funding public goods presents two challenges: securing funds and deciding allocation.
Crypto can facilitate larger-scale funding by pooling resources from a broader community.

INSIGHT

Quadratic Funding and Measuring Public Interest

Quadratic funding uses donations and the number of donors to gauge project support.
This approach helps measure public interest and allocate matching funds effectively.

INSIGHT

Benefits of Quadratic Matching

Matching quadratically in funding encourages donations and extracts public information about project usefulness.
This empowers communities to judge which projects deserve donations.

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When two uber talented programmers get the opportunity to talk in a tech-friendly environment, the result promises to exceed expectations. Followed by the last episode, keep joining Taiwan's Digital Minister Audrey Tang in an exciting dialogue with Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin as they discuss social innovation, open-source software and the future of public goods. In this part, Vitalik shares more about "quadratic funding" and "Soulbound token". Also sharing about his childhood and his impression about Taiwan!

For the video podcast version of " Innovative Minds with Audrey Tang," please visit https://www.taiwanplus.com or our YouTube channel.

| About the Guest |

Born in 1994, Vitalik Buterin is a Canadian programmer. At the age of 18, Vitalik won a bronze medal in the International Olympiad for Informatics. In 2014, he opted out of university to work on Ethereum full time. Since then, Vitalik has published numerous articles, ranging from cryptography to philosophy. Vitalik’s passion project is devising new ways of financing public goods. Vitalik has made Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of 2021. At the forefront of his field, Vitalik is the perfect guest for #InnoMinds! Let's hear what fresh and fascinating ideas he has to share.

Vitalik1994年出生，是俄裔加拿大程式設計師。他18歲時獲得國際資訊奧林匹亞競賽銅牌，2014年大學休學，開始全職創設「以太坊」，自此他也開始發表許多文章，從密碼學到哲學都侃侃而談，是個不折不扣的年輕思想家。他熱衷找出新的公共財資金與模式。2021年，他獲選時代雜誌百大影響力人物，在創新領域中引領潮流。一起來聽本集重磅來賓，跟台灣數位大臣分享他最新、最潮的觀點與想法！

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