# Vitalik Buterin at ETHWaterloo: Blockchains and Privacy through Strong Cryptography

- Speakers: [Vitalik Buterin](https://streameth.org/speakers/vitalik-buterin)
- Channel: [ETHGlobal](https://streameth.org/ethglobal)
- Date: 2018-10-09
- Duration: 36:49
- Topics: ethwaterloo, hack the north, hackathon, vitalik buterin, jeff coleman, ethereum, blockchain, ico, token, decentralization, mechanism design, cryptoeconomics, state channels, zk-snark, ring signatures, privacy, zero knowledge proof
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-9cDFpACnK1U
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cDFpACnK1U

## Description

Vitalik Buterin, Inventor of Ethereum, at ETHWaterloo talking about privacy on the blockchain.

To learn more about ETHWaterloo, visit https://ethwaterloo.com.