Rehash: A Web3 Podcast S6 E5 | Ethereum Secrets & Avoiding Burnout w/Hudson Jameson
On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Ethereum OG, Hudson Jameson, about his experiences and learnings from actively working in the Ethereum ecosystem since 2015, as well as his personal story of experiencing burnout and his journey with mental health.
Hudson is a developer who first learned about Bitcoin in 2011 and went on to create and launch the blockchain program at USAA in 2014 and join the Ethereum Foundation in 2016, where he worked until 2021. In 2019 while working at the Ethereum Foundation, Hudson also co-founded the Ethereum Cat Herders, an educational platform and research hub that supports the Ethereum Network.
In this episode, we start off by talking about some of Hudson’s learnings from his time in Ethereum, including what he believes to have been the most pivotal moment in Ethereum history, how the community and culture around Ethereum has changed since 2015, and the biggest learnings from mistakes made during Ethereum’s time that other blockchains or crypto projects can learn from today.
We then get into his takes on the current state of Ethereum and L2s, how he sees L2s interacting in the future, and a new whistleblowing use case for blockchain tech that he would love to see get built out.
Finally, we wrap up with a conversation on dealing with burnout in crypto as Hudson shares his own burnout story that landed him in a mental hospital twice and inspired him to get much more involved in his own mental health journey. It’s a story that is all too relatable to those working in crypto, and Hudson shares his honest and raw thoughts on what we can do to protect our mental health while working in crypto, as well as what institutions and employers can do to support individuals.
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LINKS
- Hudson’s blog: https://hudsonjameson.com/
- The Infinite Machine by Cami Russo: https://www.amazon.com/Infinite-Machine-Crypto-hackers-Building-Internet-ebook/dp/B07X8HS2WC
- The Cryptopians by Laura Shin: https://www.amazon.com/Cryptopians-Idealism-Greed-Making-Cryptocurrency-ebook/dp/B08Y8MQ66Z
- Blog on what “Ethereum alignment” means: https://hackmd.io/@abdelhamid/ethereum-alignment
- DEVCON: https://devcon.org/en/
- The Plasma Paper (2017): https://www.plasma.io/plasma.pdf
- SEAL project updates: https://twitter.com/samczsun
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
3:19 Hudson’s favorite things
4:53 Most pivotal moments in Ethereum history
5:38 Biggest mistake in Ethereum history
9:55 How culture and community in Ethereum has changed since 2015
16:00 What does “Ethereum alignment” mean?
18:08 Most overlooked aspect of Ethereum
19:53 Hudson’s most fond memory of his time at the Ethereum Foundation
22:07 Technical knowledge that non-technical people should have
25:14 Hudson’s product review of Ethereum
26:27 State of L2s
32:19 Whistleblowing blockchain app
34:37 Hudson’s mental health journey and burnout story
40:30 How to avoid burnout in crypto
46:29 How crypto companies can support their employees’ mental health
52:06 Hudson’s final thoughts
54:15 Question from the community
56:00 Follow Hudson
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DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.