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From YouTube: Alexey Akhunov Part 1 // An Ethereum Interview Series
Description
We sat down with Alexey Akhunov, early Ethereum adopter, to discuss how he views Ethereum, how it’s going to affect people’s lives, and what we’ve learned about the technology. This series focuses on trying to explain Ethereum to a non-technical audience.
A
I
first
was
introduced
to
Bitcoin
over
slavery.
Almost
everybody
starts
with
a
Bitcoin
by
a
colleague
of
mine
at
one
of
my
previous
work
place
of
work,
and
we
just
start
chatting
about
it.
The
lunch
times
and
I
first
didn't
get
any
to
get
the
idea,
but
when
I
did
it
sort
of
got
grabbed
me
and
I
started
to
think
about?
A
Is
it
possible
to
implement
the
decentralized
storage
using
Bitcoin
primitives
and
while
looking
at
it,
I
can
actually
understood
that
this
read
it
difficult
or
nearly
impossible
to
do,
and
the
first
idea
for
cycle
cake
could
I
create
my
own
blockchain,
which
is
kind
of
really
fantasizing
about
it
and
then
I.
Somehow,
you
know
got
into
look
in
the
master
coin.
A
We're
actually
italic
used
to
work
on
master
coin
at
some
point
in
the
past
and
then
Vitalik
published
that
white
paper
that
the
cerium,
which
I
kind
of
caught
my
attention
straightaway
so
read
it
and
I
just
signed
up
for
email,
address
and
I
website.
Putting
my
email
address
in
my
website
to
sign
up
for
a
news
and
then
there
there
was
a
crowd
but
I
called
it.
Presale
and
everything
like
that,
so
I
read
whatever
that
was
available
on
his
theorem.
A
Assyrian
is
like
a
world
computer
or
programmable.
Blockchain
I
could
actually
I've
got
the
whole
lecture
about,
but
trying
to
summarize
it
is,
if
you
imagine
the
database
as
we
like,
a
global
database
which
can
keep
mostly
to
keep
in
the
everybody's
account,
but
in
a
fume
it's
much
more
general.
The
database
can
keep
pretty
much
any
data
and
the
difference
between
that
database
and
database
we
used
too,
is
that
it's
very
restrictive
about
who
can
update
it
and
in
which
way.
A
So
each
database
entry
has
an
ownership
and
only
the
like,
only
the
so
this
this
ownership
could
be
defined
by
rules,
but
it
smart
contracts
who
can
then
update
this
records
and
the
smart
contracts
could
be
controlled
by
only
certain
people.
So
it's
a
highly
sophisticated
I
would
say
the
highly
sophisticated
entitlement
mechanism
copies
coming
with
this
database,
and
that
gives
this
database
the
power
that
you
can
be
certain
about.
Who
could
have
modified
the
entry
or
could
have?
Who
could
not?
So
you
can
actually
reason
about
state
of
this
database.
A
You
can
say
that
if,
if,
if
only
this
particular
person
can
update
this
record,
then
I'm
kind
of
feeling
safe
like
or
if
only
under
this
circumstances,
this
record
can
be
changed.
It's
a
very
simple
example
which
we
could
see
inaudible
of
change
if
I,
the
record,
which,
which
keeps
which
keeps
the
the
amount
of
the
cryptocurrency
that
my
account
owns.
That
I
know
that
this
record
can
only
be
updated
by
me
right.
A
A
I,
don't
think
if
theorem
or
in
a
blockchain
technology
can
improve
every
aspect
of
our
lives.
But
I
think
one
of
the
important
improvement
it
can
can
provide
is
that
it
can
give
you
the
tools
to
to
kind
of
in
support
the
when
the
proven
things
go
wrong.
If
you
choose
to
inspect
why
they
are
wrong.
So
one
of
the
situations
which
I
kind
of
see
is
a
curse
of
the
modern
times.
A
If
you,
if
you,
if
you
keep
within
a
very
standard
procedure,
everything
kind
of
works,
but
when
you
start
fudging
the
your
requirements
a
little
bit,
oh
by
the
way,
I
want
to
increase
my
along
and
amount
by
this,
and
suddenly
it
becomes
a
non
standard
procedure
and
things
get
complicated
and
the
mistakes
are
made
and
a
lot
of
times.
You
have
to
predict.
What
kind
of
mistake
is
this,
but
the
real
problem?
A
If
I
could
only
see
what
is
there,
I
could
probably
like
tell
you
what
the
problem
is
and
I
had
a
friend
who
was
applying
for
a
visa
in
a
French
Embassy
in
London,
and
she
figured
out
that
they
had
them.
Let's
say
that
you
may
you
have
to
make
an
appointment
to
get
together
to
go
or
to
apply
for
a
visa,
and
he
made
an
appointment,
but
that
appointment
he
couldn't
make
it
so
and
he
want
to
make
another
one,
because
he
couldn't
counsel
the
previous.
A
There
was
some
issue,
but
he
couldn't
make
another
appointment
because
they
figured
out
that
they
used.
The
passport
number
is
the
key
in
their
database,
and
the
database
did
not
allow
him
to
insert
another
record
but
the
same
key,
and
he
only
realized
it
because
she
was
an
IT
engineer
in
his
own.
They
must
be.
A
The
database
must
have
the
my
passport
number
as
a
private
key
is
a
primary
key
so,
but
he
had
to
solve
this
problem
somehow
what
he
did
instead
is
like
okay,
what
if
I
modify
my
passport
number
but
just
one
digit
and
then
just
try
to
book
another
appointment
and
it
didn't
work
and
as
long
as
the
person
on
the
entry
doesn't
realize
that
there's
one
one
digit
is
incorrect,
then
it's
fine.
He
saw
his
kind
of
life
problem,
but
it
wasn't
possible
to
solve
it.
A
The
people
on
the
phone,
because
just
don't
get
it
they
just
the
people-
wants
her
phone
that
don't
get.
They
don't
know
about
the
primary
key
in
database,
but
this
is
exactly
what
it
was:
an
imagined
situation
where
it
was
all
he
could
all
kind
of
reveal
to
him.
We
be
revealed
to
him
and
say:
okay,
so
here's
the
thing.
This
is
where
the
order
was
in
went
there.
This
is
a
database
state,
and
this
is
the
era,
and
you
know
I
can
see
what
happened.