People are at their morally worst out of fear, not greed. Fear is the driving force behind various crises and political decisions, such as the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Fear is used to justify actions like the Patriot Act and COVID-19 lockdowns. Even leaders who are greedy use fear to manipulate others. The Bitcoin and Ethereum communities also demonstrated their morally worst behavior driven by fear during the Bitcoin Cash small vs. big block war crisis and the DAO hack incident. Fear led to the abandonment of principles and the advocacy of unethical actions. Despite the fear-driven decisions, the situation eventually worked out well for Ethereum, as there hasn't been a violation of immutability since then.
The elder statesman of smart contract blockchains 0:00
The Ethereum community 1:22
The DAO hack 2:34
Vitalik’s finest and worst moments in protocol politics 5:18
Becoming a Twitter memelord 7:45
Vitalik’s influence on Eth today 8:59
It’s getting harder to do big things in Eth 10:38
Goals outside Ethereum 12:17
Crypto needs the good-natured 15:00
Russia 18:06
Vitalik’s lifestyle 19:51
Closing thoughts 22:06
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