Ethereum
4 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Oct 9, 2021 by David Sacks · said 62 times in 24 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Jason Calacanis (23), David Sacks (18), Chamath Palihapitiya (12), David Friedberg (2), Balaji Srinivasan (2), Michael Selig (1), Mark Cuban (1), Kyle Samani (1)
tap a year for its mentions
2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 15 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
- Solana’s Anatoly Yakovenko on Crypto's Next Era: Quantum, AI, and the Future of Money
- Tariffs, Trump's Economic Endgame, Market Chaos, Bitcoin Reserve, CoreWeave IPO
- Bernie Sanders Says Stop All AI, China's Breakthrough, Inflation Down, Golden Age in 2026?
- Multicoin Capital’s Kyle Samani on Internet Capital Markets
- The Stablecoin Future, Milei's Memecoin, DOGE for the DoD, Grok 3, Why Stripe Stays Private
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2024 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
- E173: Google buying HubSpot? FTX depositors not made whole, AI job fears, Ukraine joining NATO
- Mark Cuban: Love/Hate Relationship with Trump, Why He's Backing Kamala Harris
- E169: Elon sues OpenAI, Apple's decline, TikTok ban, Bitcoin $100K?, Science corner: Microplastics
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2023 4 mentions in 3 episodes 1 per episode
2022 8 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
- E85: SBF's crypto bailout, Zendesk sells for ~$10B, buyout targets, US diplomacy, AlphaFold & more
- E104: FTX collapse with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong + election results, macro update & more
- E84: Markets update, crypto collapse, Russia/Ukraine endgame, state of the podcast
- #AIS: Bestie AMA with Valor's Antonio Gracias
- Elon Musk: Twitter's bot problem, SpaceX's grand plan, Tesla stories & more
- E77: Tech work culture, crypto regulation, stablecoins, $NFLX & more w/ Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
- every mention in 2022, scene by scene →
2021 30 mentions in 6 episodes 5 per episode
- E50: Crypto investing deep dive, Facebook's whistleblower fallout, Chappelle's new special & more
- E55: Valuing crypto projects, Rivian worth $100B+, inflation: causes and corrections and more
- E56: Constitution DAO, Rittenhouse trial coverage, private sector efficiency vs the government
- Balaji Srinivasan: role of decentralization, China/US breakdown & more
- Leaked tapes: Sacks vs. Jason origins | All-In After Party on Callin
- E26: State of Venture Capital, plus fan questions on longevity, decentralization & quantum computing
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
Everything said about Ethereum, oldest first
Oct 9, 2021 bullish
Sacks: Silicon Valley smart money is betting Solana overtakes Ethereum
“It's an Ethereum competitor, basically, for, you know, smart contract platform, and there's a lot of people, I'd say smart money in Silicon Valley, who are betting on a flippening where Solana could ultimately overtake Ethereum as the preferred platform.”
Nov 20, 2021 bearish
Palihapitiya: Ethereum is useless as a transactional layer for DAOs
“I think that this showed how unreliable and useless Ethereum is as a transactional layer for these things. You know, the fact that these poor people now have money stuck in a DAO that they can't get out of because it would, the gas fees would negate their cont…”
Sep 18, 2025 bullish