# 138 - What's Next? Vitalik Buterin | Part I

*Author: Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman*
*Published: Sep 26, 2022*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/es/138-whats-next-vitalik-buterin-part*

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**Vitalik Buterin** is a crypto-economic researcher, author of the Ethereum Whitepaper, builder, and philosopher. He also recently published a new book titled, “Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains.”

This is a two-part episode that you don’t what to miss! Part one is all about what’s next for Ethereum. And part two covers more of the social/philosophical realm of holistically, what is Ethereum. Further, Vitalik explores his thoughts on artificial intelligence and its relationship to crypto.

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### TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro

10:28 What Will Trolls Focus on Next?

11:34 The Merge From Vitalik’s Perspective

15:10 PoS Energy Reduction 

27:09 Why PoS Took So Long 

32:03 Truly Optimal PoS 

35:12 What Vitalik Would Change 

37:30 Where Are We in Ethereum’s Trajectory  

52:53 The Economics of Staking

1:02:15 Centralization of Stake Worry

1:11:40 Censorship Resistance Problem

1:15:15 Validator Choices 

1:18:30 Have L2s Lived Up to the Hype

1:20:37 The 2023-2024 Ethereum Era

1:25:41 Closing 

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### RESOURCES
Vitalik Roadmap Bankless Episode

https://youtu.be/b1m_PTVxD-s 

Vitalik’s Vlog

https://vitalik.ca/ 

Vitalik’s New Book

https://www.amazon.com/Proof-Stake-Ethereum-Philosophy-Blockchains/dp/164421248X/ 

The Ethereum Roadmap 

https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin/status/1466411377107558402 

Paths to Single Slot Finality 

https://notes.ethereum.org/@vbuterin/single_slot_finality

MEV Boost

https://www.mevboost.org/

DAOs are not corporations

https://vitalik.ca/general/2022/09/20/daos.html
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