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> Don’t people trust ether and Ethereum in part because they trust you? In a sense, there’s this Russian tradition of holy men who come along — Dostoyevsky’s Al

> Don’t people trust ether and Ethereum in part because they trust you? In a sense, there’s this Russian tradition of holy men who come along — Dostoyevsky’s Alyosha, Prince Myshkin — like a non-evil Rasputin... > ...I try to make myself maximally accessible in a bunch of ways, try to bring different people in different communities together, perform a kind of social coordination function, which is probably, from an economist’s point of view, similar to some aspects of management, but without the aspects of management that evoke images of centralized control in all those different things... Question dodge level 9000.

willio58 8y ago
Is that a question dodge? I mean he's in the unique position that people do trust Ethereum in part because of him, but he really wants people to trust in the protocol and its evolution over just himself. Personally, if Vitalik wasn't involved in Ethereum I probably wouldn't have been as interested in the project initially. But, for Ethereum to really take off in the public realm, the cryptocurrency and its creator need to be decoupled more. And I think this response from Vitalik gets this point across.
- oh_sigh 8y ago
  What was Vitalik known for before Ethereum? He is still quite young, how much did he do before Ethereum?
  - ehrtt 8y ago
    He started Bitcoin Magazine when he was 18, I think.
  - ruiquelhas 8y ago
    I tried to promote some quantum computer scam as well, IIRC.
    - ruiquelhas 8y ago
      *He
- tboyd47 8y ago
  Yeah, maybe he's still decoupling himself from the leadership function, but he goes about saying that in kind of a roundabout way.
tCfD 8y ago
Sounds like he's still fine tuning his acceptance speech for the lifetime achievement award from The Center For Decentralization
thinkmassive 8y ago
you replaced significant parts of his response with an ellipsis
blanderman 8y ago
Is there anyone that has significant influence over Vitalik and/or his family that might benefit from Ethereum having value?

willio58 8y ago

Is that a question dodge? I mean he's in the unique position that people do trust Ethereum in part because of him, but he really wants people to trust in the protocol and its evolution over just himself. Personally, if Vitalik wasn't involved in Ethereum I probably wouldn't have been as interested in the project initially. But, for Ethereum to really take off in the public realm, the cryptocurrency and its creator need to be decoupled more. And I think this response from Vitalik gets this point across.

oh_sigh 8y ago
What was Vitalik known for before Ethereum? He is still quite young, how much did he do before Ethereum?
- ehrtt 8y ago
  He started Bitcoin Magazine when he was 18, I think.
- ruiquelhas 8y ago
  I tried to promote some quantum computer scam as well, IIRC.
  - ruiquelhas 8y ago
    *He
tboyd47 8y ago
Yeah, maybe he's still decoupling himself from the leadership function, but he goes about saying that in kind of a roundabout way.

tCfD 8y ago

Sounds like he's still fine tuning his acceptance speech for the lifetime achievement award from The Center For Decentralization

thinkmassive 8y ago

you replaced significant parts of his response with an ellipsis

blanderman 8y ago

Is there anyone that has significant influence over Vitalik and/or his family that might benefit from Ethereum having value?