Charles Hoskinson: Cardano | Lex Fridman Podcast #192

Charles Hoskinson is the founder of Cardano, co-founder of Ethereum, a mathematician, and a farmer. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Charles’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles
Charles’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/charleshoskinson
Cardano Website: https://cardano.org/
IOHK Website: https://iohk.io/

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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
2:09 – What programming language is the simulation written in?
7:14 – Favorite philosophers
16:15 – Theory vs engineering in cryptocurrency
27:24 – What programming languages should everyone learn
35:39 – Haskell and beyond
39:23 – Plutus: Cardano’s smart contract platform based on Haskell
43:50 – What is a blockchain?
48:02 – Hybrid smart contracts
53:53 – Proof of work vs proof of stake
1:02:39 – Cardano’s proof of stake consensus algorithm
1:13:11 – What is Cardano?
1:21:52 – Cardano vs Ethereum vs Bitcoin
1:31:47 – The problem with Bitcoin
1:41:21 – Bitcoin Conference
1:45:02 – Ergo and Alex Chepurnoy
1:52:12 – Cardano’s Extended UTXO Model
1:59:25 – Chainlink and Oracle Networks
2:06:37 – Cardano and Wolfram Alpha
2:11:32 – The future of video games
2:20:07 – Smart contracts timeline for Cardano
2:27:37 – Decentralized exchanges
2:33:18 – Jack Dorsey and Bitcoin
2:39:30 – Elon Musk and Tesla: Cardano, Ethereum, Bitcoin
2:42:47 – Dogecoin and Elon Musk
2:54:08 – Hydra vs Lightning Network
3:01:42 – Non-Interactive Proofs of Proof-of-Work (NIPoPoWs)
3:05:36 – Cardano failure modes
3:13:57 – Cardano vs Polkadot
3:19:02 – Vitalik Buterin
3:27:13 – Corrupting nature of power
3:37:23 – Satoshi Nakamoto
3:43:34 – Cardano’s vision for decentralized governance
3:56:28 – Cardano in Ethiopia
4:00:30 – El Salvador and Bitcoin
4:06:47 – Cryptocurrency will inject capitalism with long-term incentives
4:16:39 – Day in the life of Charles Hoskinson
4:23:56 – Mushrooms
4:30:04 – Joe Rogan
4:34:57 – Video games
4:47:11 – Advice for young people
4:50:20 – Meaning of life

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