Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin, Co-founder, Ethereum
Proof of stake vs proof of work
Miner extractable value
Bitcoin blocksize wars
Scaling: Sharding
Polygon and other Layer 2 technologies
lessobs learned from Ethereum 2.0 failure incidents
Bitcoin vs Ethereum
Vitalik Buterin, Fortune Magazine https://www.forbes.com/profile/vitalik-buterin/
Vitalik Buterin, writing on Medium https://medium.com/@VitalikButerin
“Blockchains are often thought of as primarily a financial tool, either as a base platform for a currency or as a platform for financial contracts.
However, the highly expressive programming capabilities supported by platforms like Ethereum greatly reduces the barrier to entry in building new kinds of native internet-based institutions, which could replace some of the functions of companies, non-profit organizations, clubs, fundraising, and more.
New kinds of institutions that are more open, free, egalitarian and fair are already starting to be built, and much more is coming”