以太坊区块链的原始创建者Vitalik Buterin是加密货币行业中最知名的人物之一。

今年的Coindesk共识2025在多伦多举行，强调了加拿大充满活力的加密社区。

The documentary "Vitalik: An Ethereum Story" offers a unique glimpse into the life and mind of Vitalik Buterin, the renowned co-creator of Ethereum. This film, directed by Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci, takes viewers on a journey through Buterin's early years in Russia, his family's immigration to Toronto, Canada, and his formative high school experiences where his passion for computers and technology ignited.

纪录片“ Vitalik：一个以太坊的故事”为以太坊著名共同创造者Vitalik Buterin的生活和思想提供了独特的瞥见。这部电影由克里斯·坦普尔（Chris Temple）和扎克·英格拉西（Zach Ingrasci）执导，带领观众踏上了俄罗斯（Buterin）早年的旅程，他的家人移民到加拿大多伦多（Toronto），以及他对计算机和技术的热情被点燃的高中经验。

As Buterin's story unfolds, the documentary highlights his pivotal role in Toronto's Bitcoin community, where he witnessed firsthand the potential of the asset to provide individuals with financial freedom. This sparked Buterin's interest in exploring how similar concepts could be applied to other domains.

随着Buterin的故事的展开，纪录片强调了他在多伦多比特币社区中的关键作用，在那里他亲眼目睹了资产为个人提供财务自由的潜力。这激发了Buterin对探索如何将类似概念应用于其他领域的兴趣。

Driven by this curiosity, Buterin embarked on a mission to create the blockchain version of the internet, which culminated in the creation of Ethereum.

在这种好奇心的推动下，布特林开始了一个使命，以创建互联网的区块链版本，该版本最终导致以太坊的创建。

The film also sheds light on the strong ties Toronto has to Ethereum's early days. It was in this city that some of the first Ethereum developer hackathons and meetups were organized by Ethereum's Canadian co-founders.

这部电影还阐明了多伦多必须与以太坊的初期那样的牢固联系。正是在这个城市，以太坊的加拿大联合创始人组织了一些以太坊开发商黑客马拉松和聚会。

This year, CoinDesk's Consensus 2023 will take place in Toronto from May 14-16, showcasing Canada's dynamic crypto community.

今年，Coindesk的2023年共识将于5月14日至16日在多伦多举行，展示了加拿大充满活力的加密社区。

Throughout the documentary, viewers will witness various stages of Ethereum's lifetime, including the launch of the network and the challenges Buterin faced in his new leadership role. The film captures the rapid growth of the blockchain during the NFT era and underscores the importance of the Merge in reducing Ethereum's energy consumption.

在整个纪录片中，观众将见证以太坊一生的各个阶段，包括网络的推出以及Buterin在他的新领导角色中面临的挑战。这部电影捕获了NFT时代的区块链的快速增长，并强调了合并在减少以太坊能源消耗方面的重要性。

Moreover, the documentary showcases Buterin's dedication to helping Ukraine in its war with Russia by deploying crypto to provide resources to those in need.

此外，这部纪录片展示了Buterin致力于通过部署加密货币为有需要的人提供资源来帮助乌克兰与俄罗斯战争的奉献精神。

CoinDesk had the opportunity to sit down with Temple and Ingrasci to discuss their perspectives on creating the film, which is set for global release on April 15.

Coindesk有机会与Temple和I​​ngrasci坐下来讨论他们对制作这部电影的看法，该电影定于4月15日全球发行。

This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.

为了简洁和清晰，对这次采访进行了编辑。

CoinDesk: What drew you to make a documentary about Ethereum and what was the biggest technical aspect of the film that was interesting to cover?

Coindesk：是什么吸引了您制作有关以太坊的纪录片？电影中最大的技术方面是什么？

Zach Ingrasci: So Chris and I have been making documentaries together for 15 years now. We make character driven documentaries, so I really love those human stories that give us insight into the emotions and motivations of people in really interesting places. We aren't crypto experts, but we both studied economics, so we have a bit of understanding of finance. But when we met Vitalik in 2021 I think he immediately clicked something in our brains like: “oh, here’s a story that kind of breaks the stereotypes that mainstream audiences have of this space.” Quickly after meeting Vitalik, we did an NFT crowdfund for the film on mirror.xyz, peoplepleaser did the NFT. We raised basically the full budget of the film, and it allowed us to create this independent story and approach to follow Vitalik around the world, as, he lives out of a 40 liter backpack.

Zach Ingrasci：所以克里斯和我一起制作纪录片已有15年了。我们制作了角色驱动的纪录片，所以我真的很喜欢那些人类的故事，这些故事使我们深入了解人们在真正有趣的地方的情感和动机。我们不是加密专家，但我们都研究了经济学，因此我们对金融有一点了解。但是，当我们在2021年遇到Vitalik时，我认为他立即在我们的大脑中点击了一些东西：“哦，这是一个打破主流观众对这个空间的刻板印象的故事。”在与Vitalik见面后很快，我们在Mirror.xyz上为这部电影做了NFT众筹，Peolespleaser做了NFT。我们基本上提出了这部电影的全部预算，它使我们能够创建这个独立的故事，并在世界各地都关注Vitalik，因为他生活在40升背包中。

CoinDesk: The film walks through various stages of Ethereum’s history, and it’s clear that a lot of care went into selecting which moments in Ethereum’s lifetime to include in Vitalik’s story. One noticeable moment I thought was interesting that you left out was not to include the 2016 DAO hack. Why exclude that key moment in Ethereum’s history but leave in other moments?

Coindesk：这部电影漫步在以太坊历史的各个阶段，很明显，许多小心都在选择以太坊一生中哪些时刻包括在Vitalik的故事中。我认为您遗漏的一个值得注意的时刻是不包括2016年Dao Hack。为什么在以太坊的历史中排除了这一关键时刻，而是在其他时刻离开？

ZI: This is the challenge of making these films. We had a very broad mandate, following the community, not just focused on Vitalik. And then after two years of filming, we realized that the kind of narrative structure would only make sense if you were able to follow one person and then get to meet the community through his eyes. The DAO hack is very confusing to explain, and so there’s an element of just what at its essence is important. And I think, you know, the moment for Vitalik to decide whether the Ethereum Foundation would be nonprofit versus for profit is a very understandable concept for a mainstream audience. They get it.

Zi：这是制作这些电影的挑战。遵循社区，我们的任务非常广泛，而不仅仅是关注Vitalik。然后，经过两年的拍摄，我们意识到，这种叙事结构只有在您能够跟随一个人然后通过他的眼睛与社区见面时，这种叙事结构才有意义。 DAO HACK非常令人困惑，因此有一个本质上重要的元素。而且，我认为，维塔利克（Vitalik）决定以太坊基金会是否非营利而不是获利的时刻对于主流受众来说是一个非常可以理解的概念。他们明白了。

CoinDesk: And at the premiere a few months ago, it was only accessible to people on-chain. So if the movie is aimed for a mainstream audience, why first decide to release it on-chain, instead of a streaming platform where more of those folks can access it?

Coindesk：几个月前的首映式，只有链接的人才能使用它。因此，如果这部电影针对主流观众，为什么首先决定在链上发布它，而不是流媒体平台，其中更多的人可以访问它？

ZI: I think it’s a practical answer. The documentary industry is broken, so to have an independent film premiere on a mainstream platform doesn't even mean anything, unless you have real marketing. And so actually, the on-chain release, the NFT, the trailer release on Zora, building sponsorship for this mainstream release is critical. People love the film, and have rallied behind it and been interested and been sharing it with their moms, being like: "Hey, this is what I do for a living." This isn't just our film, this film belongs to the community. And I think empowering people with it at that first step, and using the

ZI：我认为这是一个实用的答案。纪录片行业被打破了，因此在主流平台上进行独立的电影首映，除非您有真正的营销，否则任何事情都没有任何意义。因此，实际上，链上释放，NFT，Zora上的预告片，为此主流版本建立赞助是至关重要的。人们喜欢这部电影，并在影片背后集会，一直与他们的妈妈分享，就像：“嘿，这就是我为生而做的。”这不仅仅是我们的电影，这部电影属于社区。我认为在第一步中赋予人们权力，并使用