83 - Beyond Coin Voting Governance | Vitalik Buterin

<p>Vitalik Buterin returns to the Podcast to discuss his recent article 'Moving Beyond Coin Voting Governance.' As always, Vitalik comes with a birds-eye view of high level challenges facing the crypto space with a moral & philosophical slant.</p> <p>Building sufficiently decentralized governance mechanisms is a hugely challenging endeavor. Tackling elegant solutions to coin voting, we also cover the benefits of running your own node, the metaverse, and an update on the Ethereum narrative.</p> <p>When Vitalik comes on Bankless, it's time to listen closely.</p> <p>-------<br /> 🚀 SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER: <a href= "https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/">https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> 🎙️ SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST: <a href= "http://podcast.banklesshq.com/">http://podcast.banklesshq.com/</a> <br /> ------<br /> BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:</p> <p>⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum">https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum</a> </p> <p>🍵 MATCHA | DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGE AGGREGATOR<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Matcha">https://bankless.cc/Matcha</a> </p> <p>🔐 LEDGER | SECURE YOUR ASSETS<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Ledger">https://bankless.cc/Ledger</a> </p> <p>🦄 UNISWAP | DECENTRALIZED FUNDING<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/UniGrants">https://bankless.cc/UniGrants</a> </p> <p>------<br /> 📣 TracerDAO | Perpetual Pools are now Live on Aribtrum!<br /> <a href= "https://bankless.cc/Tracer">https://bankless.cc/Tracer</a> <br /> ------</p> <p>Topics Covered:</p> <p>0:00 Intro<br /> 4:00 Vitalik Returns!<br /> 7:26 Decentralized Governance<br /> 14:38 Who is Governance For?<br /> 19:44 Coordinating Public Goods<br /> 26:07 Public Goods & Upgrades<br /> 34:52 New Mechanisms<br /> 38:28 What is Blockchain Governance?<br /> 47:53 Ungovernance for Layer 1<br /> 54:00 Why Coin Voting Sucks<br /> 1:02:20 Whales<br /> 1:12:15 Running Your Own Node<br /> 1:22:14 Culture & Technology<br /> 1:26:51 Scalability Tradeoffs<br /> 1:31:05 The Metaverse & Loot<br /> 1:36:55 Update on Ethereu