Conversations
Video conversations documenting the early days of Ethereum, featuring key participants and historical insights.
early days of ethereum - episode 14 - zsolt felföldi
Zsolt Felföldi reflects on joining Ethereum in early 2015 after initial work on Swarm, then being redirected by Jeff Wilcke onto the Geth light client. He discusses ETHDEV's informal hiring culture, the Amsterdam and Berlin years, lessons from Mist, LES, and decentralized infrastructure, and how Ethereum's scaling path evolved from early trinity-era assumptions to today's multi-client and layer-2 reality.
museum of ethereum walkthrough
Bob Summerwill and Kieren James-Lubin walk through the Museum of Ethereum at ETHDenver, covering the many hands behind Ethereum's early history, the Foundation's formative eras, EthSuisse and Miami, and the Ethereum Time Machine demo with Homestead, Geth and Mist. Thanks to Colin de Picker for filming and A/V production.
early days of ethereum - episode 12 - fabian vogelsteller
Fabian Vogelsteller joined the Ethereum Foundation in January 2015 and built the Mist browser, Ethereum Wallet, and authored the ERC-20 token standard that enabled the ICO boom. He discusses the early Berlin office culture, DEVCON1 and token standardization, maintaining web3.js, and his eventual departure to build LUKSO and Universal Profiles for mainstream adoption.
early days of ethereum - episode 11 - ryan taylor
A dual-interview at Dark Prague's ZK AV Club, where Ryan Taylor and Bob Summerwill take turns interviewing each other. Ryan built the original Ethereum website from his role as Bitcoin Magazine's webmaster alongside Vitalik and Mihai Alisie. Bob shares the origins of the Early Days of Ethereum project. They discuss forgotten early contributors, the deleted Ethereum GitHub repo, decentralized storage, and preserving crypto history.
early days of ethereum - episode 11 - martin becze
Martin Becze recounts moving from Occupy Wall Street, Bitcoin, BitTorrent, and Namecoin-inspired ideas into Ethereum in early 2014, where he built the JavaScript client and EthereumJS tooling. He discusses meeting Vitalik, working remotely for ETHDEV, the realities of syncing a JavaScript full node, DEVCON0 and DEVCON1, reusable EthereumJS modules like ethereumjs-tx, and how many early Ethereum ideas were technically sound but far earlier than the stack was ready for.
early days of ethereum - episode 10 - viktor trón
Ethereum Foundation early employee Viktor Trón shares his journey from BBC News Labs and the London Bitcoin scene to becoming one of the first Geth developers and founding the Swarm project. He discusses discovering Ethereum through Gavin Wood's February 2014 presentation, the Web3 vision's Holy Trinity (Ethereum, Swarm, Whisper), decentralized storage architecture, and Swarm's path to independence.
early days of ethereum - episode 9 - amir taaki
Bitcoin developer and privacy technologist Amir Taaki recounts finding Bitcoin, early development (Libbitcoin and BIPs), Dark Wallet, meeting Vitalik Buterin, and his perspective on Ethereum’s early days and DarkFi.
early days of ethereum - episode 8 - michael parenti
Michael Parenti was a Bitcoiner from the very early days, working for the Bitcoin Foundation and later very involved in Ethereum
early days of ethereum - episode 7 - jacob czepluch
Jacob was an intern at ETHDEV in late 2015, so was a fly-on-the-wall in the Berlin office as the C++ team was defunded. He had earlier founded the Copenhagen Ethereum Meetup
early days of ethereum - episode 6 - christoph jentzsch
Christophe Jentzsch joined ETHDEV shortly after the crowdsale and built all the cross-client testing infrastructure. He founded Slock.it, focused on smartlocks and IoT. Slock.it were the creators of The DAO, Ethereum's first 'killer app'
early days of ethereum - episode 5 - anthony 'texture' d'onofrio
Anthony D'Onofrio ('Texture') was Ethereum's first 'community guy' and shared his unique perspective starting from the very earliest days of the project.
early days of ethereum - episode 4 - taylor gerring
After a long hiatus since episode 3, Taylor Gerring joined as a guest to talk about his experiences in the very early days of the Ethereum project, starting in December 2013.
early days of ethereum - episode 3 - bob summerwill
Episode 3 of the Early Days of Ethereum video series features Bob Summerwill discussing his journey in blockchain and Ethereum.
early days of ethereum - episode 2
The second episode of the Early Days of Ethereum video series, continuing the exploration of Ethereum's founding period.
early days of ethereum - episode 1
The first episode of the Early Days of Ethereum video series, independently produced by the co-Founders of BlockApps.
gavin wood - substrate, polkadot and the case for on-chain governance
Epicenter interview in which Gavin Wood revisits how he found Ethereum, explains his first-principles design philosophy, recounts the origins of Parity and Polkadot, and makes the case for on-chain governance.
gavin wood on how $60m hack of dao happened and what to do next
Gavin Wood explains how the $60M DAO hack happened and what to do next, Dutch Blockchain Conference, June 21, 2016
gavin wood presentation hack of the dao smart contract and options ethereum community
Gavin Wood presents on the DAO smart contract hack and options for the Ethereum community, Dutch Blockchain Conference, June 20, 2016
can ethereum restore online freedom & transform the internet?
Can Ethereum Restore Online Freedom & Transform the Internet? Reason TV, March 18, 2016
devcon1: microsoft announcing ethereum blockchain as a service (eth baas) on azure cloud
Microsoft announces Ethereum Blockchain as a Service on Azure Cloud at DEVCON1 in London
devcon1: blockapps strato - victor wong, kieren james-lubin, jim hormuzdiar
Victor Wong, Kieren James-Lubin, and Jim Hormuzdiar present BlockApps STRATO at DEVCON1 in London
consensys dapp-a-thon 2 recap
Recap of the 48-hour ConsenSys dApp-a-thon hackathon held August 14-16, 2015, where 12 teams built decentralized applications on Ethereum using BlockApps, EtherCamp IDE, and Lightwallet.
consensys dapp-a-thon recap
A recap video of the ConsenSys dApp-a-thon, one of the first Ethereum hackathons held around the time of Ethereum's mainnet launch in 2015.
coinscrum and proof of work: tools for the future
Gavin Wood discusses CoinScrum and Proof of Work: Tools for the Future, recorded by IamSatoshi in London 2014
ethereum devcon-0: ethereum 2.0 and beyond
A presentation on Ethereum 2.0 and the future vision for the Ethereum platform, delivered at DEVCON0 in Berlin. Transcript [00:00] Vitalik Buterin: This is the last presentation for the day, for the week. In Python that's index negative one. Unfortunately...
ethereum devcon-0: looking at the ethereum ide - mix
Demo and walkthrough of Mix, Ethereum's integrated development environment for creating and testing smart contracts and decentralized applications. Transcript [00:13] SPEAKER_00: So this talk is about the IDE, the integrated development environment, or the tool that you use to develop...
ethereum devcon-0: the path to the ethereum light client
Technical discussion on the development path for Ethereum light clients, enabling resource-constrained devices to interact with the Ethereum network without running a full node. Transcript [00:00] Vitalik Buterin: Is the Ethereum light client protocol. So just to give an introduction...
ethereum devcon-0: ethereum 1.x: on blockchain interop and scaling
Technical presentation covering Ethereum 1.x protocol features, focusing on blockchain interoperability and scaling solutions for the growing network. Transcript [00:14] Vitalik Buterin: So welcome to day number four of DevCon. We use zero indexing here. We're a civilized company. Yeah,...
ethereum devcon-0: multi protocol peer network framework: vision and roadmap
Technical presentation on Ethereum's multi-protocol peer-to-peer networking framework, outlining its architecture, vision for extensibility, and development roadmap. Transcript [00:15] Alex Leverington: So, subtitle here is Vision and Roadmap. However the slides will be more somewhat technical and maybe philosophical, but...
ethereum devcon-0: keeping the public record safe and accessible
Discussion on strategies and approaches for maintaining the security and accessibility of Ethereum's public blockchain record for long-term sustainability. Transcript [00:00] SPEAKER_00: So we're interested in low latency instead of high throughput. And we're interested about small pieces of information,...
ethereum devcon-0 - whisper: the multi dht messaging system with routing privacy. vision & roadmap.
Discussion of Whisper, Ethereum's decentralized messaging protocol with routing privacy, covering its vision and technical roadmap for integration into the Ethereum ecosystem. Transcript [00:14] Daniel Nagy: So Whisper, there's been a fair amount of misconception as to what Whisper is,...
ethereum devcon-0: golem
Presentation on Golem, a project exploring distributed computing and resource sharing on the Ethereum network. Transcript [00:13] SPEAKER_00: Hi, my name is Peter, I work at IMAPP in Warsaw and we met with Gav in approximately in February I suppose,...
ethereum devcon-0: c++ ethereum and emacs
Presentation on the C++ implementation of Ethereum and integration with the Emacs text editor for smart contract development workflows. Transcript [00:00] SPEAKER_00: Yesterday too. I am Lefteris and I will be working in Solidity and generally C development for Ethereum....
ethereum devcon-0: solidity, vision and roadmap
Presentation on Solidity, Ethereum's smart contract programming language, covering its design philosophy, vision for developer experience, and technical roadmap. Transcript [00:13] Gavin Wood: Hello again everybody. Welcome to day two of DevCon Zero. I'm going to start by talking a...
ethereum devcon-0 - how will scrum work for us?
Dr Sven Ehlert presents on Scrum - the incremental agile software development framework - and explains how it will be used in Ethereum's development. Transcript [00:13] Sven Ehlert: Hi everybody, I'm Sven. As I said, I joined the team three...
ethereum devcon-0: how to sell ideas
Discussion on communication strategies, messaging, and marketing approaches for promoting Ethereum and decentralized technology concepts to broader audiences. Transcript [00:14] Vinay Gupta: Right. So how to sell ideas is fundamentally about why to sell ideas. Right. It's very easy to...
ethereum devcon-0 - gavin: welcome! our mission: dapps
Gavin Wood welcomes attendees to DEVCON0, the first Ethereum developer symposium held in Berlin, Germany, from November 24-28, 2014. He discusses the mission of building decentralized applications (ÐApps) on Ethereum. Transcript [00:14] Gavin Wood: Welcome to Berlin everybody. It's great...
ethereum presents mist
An introduction to Mist, the Ethereum browser that allows users to interact with decentralized applications, wallets, and smart contracts. This video walks through the Mist interface including the sidebar, app catalog, crowdfunder functionality, and integration with traditional web applications.
the future of ethereum: "dev and beyond"
Following an introduction by Stephan Tual, Ethereum lead developers Gavin Wood and Jeffrey Wilcke describe their plans and roadmap for ethereum including microchains, native contract extensions and stateless contracts. They also demo the first decentralized exchange on ethereum including the new meta-coin API in PoC6.
interview with ethereum
Compilation interview of Vitalik Buterin at Central European Bitcoin Expo (CEBE 2014) in Vienna, Austria, on May 31–June 1, 2014, and of Gavin Wood at Bitcoin2014 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on May 15–17, 2014.
what is ethereum?
Stephan Tual (CCO) explains What is Ethereum, June 4, 2014
ethereum video background loop for meetup groups and presentations
Ethereum video background loop for meetup groups and presentations
why i joined ethereum
Charles Hoskinson explains why he joined Ethereum, April 12, 2014
ethereum booth at the bitcoin expo 2014
Ethereum booth at Bitcoin Expo 2014 in Toronto, April 11, 2014
in crypto we trust hackathon pitches - bitcoin expo 2014
In Crypto We Trust Hackathon at Bitcoin Expo 2014 in Toronto, April 10, 2014
crypto hackathon – bitcoin expo 2014!
Crypto Hackathon at Bitcoin Expo 2014 in Toronto, April 10, 2014
ethereum – your turn
An excellent tribute video to those involved in the technology that empowers us, Bitcoin, and a bright new future for Ethereum.
the upcoming crypto-singularity - coinscrum
Stephan Tual discusses the upcoming crypto-singularity at Coinscrum, March 10, 2014
introducing ethereum
Ethereum is a modular, Turing-complete contract scripting system married to a blockchain and developed with a philosophy of simplicity, universality and non-discrimination.
cointalk 015 – btcmiami debate featuring ethereum, mastercoin and bitshares
In a hybrid episode, CoinTalk and Let's talk bitcoin headed to Sunny South beach Miami to cover the first ever BTC Miami conference. Here we have a debate of giants with Ethereum's Charles Hoskinson, MasterCoin's David Johnston and Invictus Innovations Dan Larimer.
gavin wood - ethereum - live - coinscrum - alternative stage - london
Gavin Wood presents Ethereum at Coinscrum Alternative Stage in London, February 2014. Recorded by IamSatoshi, Audio by Aaron Couples.
vitalik buterin reveals ethereum at bitcoin miami 2014
Vitalik Buterin's historic announcement of Ethereum at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, January 26, 2014
cointalk 013 - bitcoin decentral launch party!
Bitcoin Decentral is Toronto Canada's first co-working space for Bitcoin and other disruptive technology innovations. We launched to hundreds of eager bitcoin fans who showed up to drink, celebrate crypto currency and check out our two new made in Canada Bitcoin ATM's.