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Every book Vitalik Buterin recommended on podcasts
Vitalik Buterin appears on the Lex Fridman Podcast and Conversations with Tyler, where he discusses cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, the history of Ethereum, and broader technological and societal futures. Throughout these podcast episodes, Buterin has recommended and discussed several notable books. To help listeners understand the cryptocurrency space, he recommended Nathaniel Popper's Digital Gold for the history of Bitcoin, alongside Andreas M. Antonopoulos's Mastering Ethereum as an essential technical resource. For personal reading and historical exploration, Buterin shared that he listened to the entire forty-five-hour audiobook version of William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Furthermore, looking back at his intellectual influences, Buterin discussed reading Aubrey de Grey's Ending Aging when he was around thirteen years old and mentioned exploring Ludwig von Mises's Human Action as part of the libertarian and internet-centric reading habits of his youth.
Books recommended by Vitalik Buterin
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L.
Discussed“and after that i also got into um audiobooks um oh i listened to the entire um the rise and fall of the third reich the whole thing 45 hours that that was fascinating”
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Digital Gold
Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper is a comprehensive non-fiction book that chronicles the fascinating history, origins, and rise of bitcoin and its enigmatic creator, Satoshi Nakamoto.
Recommended“and theres like nathaniel poppers digital gold which is just about the history of bitcoin”
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Ethereum
Ethereum by Matthew Connor is a book that explores the complex history and development of the Ethereum cryptocurrency platform.
Recommended“there's like one and then matthew lysing announced that there's one about the history of ethereum”
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Mastering Bitcoin
Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas M.
Recommended“um for technical ones and there's andreas antonopoulos as mastering ethereum”
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Mastering Ethereum
Mastering Ethereum by Andreas M.
Recommended“for technical ones and theres andreas antonopoulos as mastering ethereum great”
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Ending Aging
Discussed“the other one was I read aubry's book on ending aging when I was around 13 and that's uh definitely stuck with me is pretty much forever”
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Human Action
Human Action by Ludwig von Mises, co-edited with Bettina Bien Greaves, is a monumental economic treatise that serves as a foundational text for Austrian economics and libertarian theory.
Discussed“uh always the libertarian inner and I have mine told you to read back then like you know I went through mine rans went through my Human Action”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Celebrating Marginal Revolution's 20th Anniversary | Conversations with Tyler | 2023-08-23 | 2 |
| #188 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0 | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2021-06-03 | 3 |
| #80 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast | 2020-03-16 | 4 |