Matthew Leising, a reporter at Bloomberg who began covering crypto in 2015, is out with a new book Out of the Ether: The Amazing Story of Ethereum and the $55 Million Heist that Almost Destroyed It All. In this episode, he discusses: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the catalyst that led to him writing his new book, which covers the early history of Ethereum and the DAO attack of 2016</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">why he thought the story of the DAO hack was compelling enough to make a book, and how he went about reporting it</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the surprising things he learned about Ethereum’s early days and Vitalik</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the twists and turns during his quest to discover the identity of the DAO attacker</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">why he thinks separate people were responsible for the two biggest DAO attacks</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">his meeting in Tokyo with one of the prime suspects of a copycat DAO attack</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">why he decided to end his story at the Ethereum hard fork and chose not to write about Ethereum Classic </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">what he feels the long-term significance of the DAO and the hard fork has been for Ethereum</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">why he thinks the lessons of the DAO are not being heeded today</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">what he thinks the next chapter of Ethereum will be and how it will unfold</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">the differences he’s found as a journalist covering crypto as opposed to covering more traditional finance</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;">and how the book is about more than just the DAO</li> </ul>   Thank you to our sponsors!  Crypto.com: <a href= "https://www.crypto.com/">https://www.crypto.com</a> Gods Unchained: <a href= "https://playgu.co/unchainedpod">https://playgu.co/unchainedpod</a>   Episode links:  Matthew Leising: <a href= "https://twitter.com/mattleising">https://twitter.com/mattleising</a> Out of the Ether: The Amazing Story of Ethereum and the $55 Million Heist that Almost Destroyed It All: <a href= "https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Out+of+the+Ether%3A+The+Amazing+Story+of+Ethereum+and+the+%2455+Million+Heist+that+Almost+Destroyed+It+All-p-9781119602934"> https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Out+of+the+Ether%3A+The+Amazing+Story+of+Ethereum+and+the+%2455+Million+Heist+that+Almost+Destroyed+It+All-p-9781119602934</a>   Matt's original Bloomberg article on the DAO attack, "The Ether Thief": <a href= "https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2017-the-ether-thief/"> https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2017-the-ether-thief/</a>   Excerpt in Bloomberg: <a href= "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-16/a-trip-down-the-crypto-rabbit-hole-in-search-of-the-dao-hacker"> https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-16/a-trip-down-the-crypto-rabbit-hole-in-search-of-the-dao-hacker</a>   Excerpt in CoinDesk: <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/55m-hack-ethereum-down">https://www.coindesk.com/55m-hack-ethereum-down</a> Decrypt's interview with Matt about the book: <a href= "https://decrypt.co/41952/book-sheds-new-light-on-ethereums-55-million-dao-hack"> https://decrypt.co/41952/book-sheds-new-light-on-ethereums-55-million-dao-hack</a>

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How Matthew Leising Confronted His Suspects in the DAO Attacks - Ep.191

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