The Infinite Machine
how an army of crypto-hackers is building the next internet with Ethereum
by Camila Russo · first published 2020
100% neutral
"Everyone has heard of Bitcoin, but few know about the second-largest blockchain, Ethereum, which has been heralded as the "next internet." The story of Ethereum begins with Vitalik Buterin, a supremely gift nineteen-year-old autodidact who saw the promise of blockchain when the technology was in its earliest stages. He convinced a crack group of coders to join him in his quest to make a supercharged global computer. <i>The Infinite Machine</i> introduces Buterin's ingenious idea and unfolds Ethereum's chaotic beginnings. It then explores the brilliant innovation and reckless greed the p
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> Where there was a feeling of revolution and new beginnings, now there are people in suits talking corporate. I read both "Digital Gold" by Nathaniel Popper about the early days of Bitcoin and "The Infinite Machine" by Camila Russo about the inception of Ethereum and the difference between the early sentiment in those two projects is striking. Bitcoin came from a cypherpunk background and was very anti establishment…
on “Ethereum Isn't Fun Anymore” ↗The books reviewed are "The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze" by Laura Shin "DeFi and the Future of Finance" by Campbell Harvey et al. "The Infinite Machine : How an Army of Crypto-hackers Is Building the Next Internet with Ethereum" by Camila Russo
on “Three Books to Map Crypto’s Confusing New Landscape” ↗