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Deep DivesVitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin

Role

Co-Founder of Ethereum

Location

Singapore

Education

University of Waterloo

Current Project

Ethereum, Bitcoin Magazine

Previous Projects

Bitcoin Magazine

Twitter

@VitalikButerin

LinkedIn

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About Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin is a Russian-Canadian programmer and writer who created Ethereum, which he launched in 2015 with seven other cofounders. Buterin was just 18 in 2012 when he first became involved with cryptocurrency and launched Bitcoin Magazine.

Recent News

  • What is Milady? The Edgy Ethereum NFT Community With Vitalik Buterin’s Support

    Originating as an NFT community, Milady and its surrounding ecosystem has become one of the most culturally significant groups in Ethereum and crypto as a whole. Over the years, notable figures have joined or interacted with the community, including the likes of Elon Musk and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. 'Wartime' Vitalik, DeFi Moves, and Milady Vibes—What's Up With the Ethereum Foundation? Known for its edgy humor, layers of irony, and cult-like mentality, the Milady community has defie...

  • Image: Shutterstock

    Ethereum's Pectra Update Hits 'Issues' During Sepolia Testnet Launch

    Ethereum’s planned Pectra upgrade, the blockchain’s most significant update since 2022’s "The Merge," launched today on the Sepolia testnet. The Ethereum community uses testnets as a way to trial and evaluate major technical updates before they go live, without risking disturbance to the main blockchain or “mainnet,” like a dress rehearsal. But the launch wasn’t without hitches. Ethereum Foundation core developer Tim Beiko tweeted that his team was “investigating an issue caused by the custom de...

    NewsTechnology
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Ethereum Founder and Inventor Vitalik Buterin speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 in San Francisco, California. Image: Steve Jennings/Getty Images

    Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Calls For 'Robust Wallet Security Solutions' to Counter Crypto Losses

    Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has called for "truly robust wallet solutions" that reduce the risk of accidental crypto losses. While much attention has been paid to crypto hacks of late, with more than $1.4 billion recently stolen from crypto exchange Bybit, Buterin argued that not enough attention is paid to helping those whose digital assets have become inaccessible. "Software bug, forgotten password, lost device, paper wallet burned down in LA fire, upgraded device without backing up data...

    NewsTechnology
    2 min read
    Connor Sephton
  • Image: The Ethereum Foundation

    Ethereum Foundation Reveals Leadership Shakeup Following Criticism

    Aya Miyaguchi, executive director of the Ethereum Foundation, will soon be assuming a new role as president of the Switzerland-based nonprofit, she wrote in a Tuesday blog post. Within the new role, Miyaguchi wrote that she will continue supporting the Ethereum Foundation’s “institutional partnerships.” Miyaguchi has served as executive director since 2018.  “I’m feeling deeply grateful and enthusiastic for what’s ahead,” she wrote, noting that she had broached the idea of moving into the presid...

    NewsCoins
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Vitalik Buterin. Image: Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch (CC BY 2.0)

    Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin: LIBRA Crash Proves ‘Education Is So Important’

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has argued that the collapse of Solana meme coin LIBRA is a teachable moment, taking it as “an example of why education is so important.” In a tweet, Buterin said that, “The recent news should be taken not as a reason to give up,” emphasizing the importance of education in the crypto space. Lauding Argentina’s community of “amazing builders, who have already contributed some of the most important software in the Ethereum ecosystem,” he added that, “I continue...

    NewsCoins
    3 min read
    Stephen Graves
  • Image created by Decrypt using AI

    Ethereum's Pectra Upgrade ‘Huge’ for Staking Ecosystem: P2P.org Exec

    The upcoming Pectra upgrade for Ethereum will transform how institutional staking operates, with key changes to validator consolidation and new prospects for automatic compounding— features that could reduce infrastructure costs by up to 50%, according to Artemiy Parshakov, vice president of institutions at P2P.org. Decrypt spoke with Parshakov on Wednesday at Consensus 2025 in Hong Kong, tackling how the Pectra upgrade introduces these features and how they could boost the sector. What Is the P...

    NewsTechnology
    2 min read
    Sebastian Sinclair, Vince Dioquino
  • Ethereum. Image: Shutterstock

    Ethereum Devs Clash Over Looming Upgrades

    Ethereum's ambitious plan to speed up its network upgrades is facing a critical test as its core developers clash over key changes to the blockchain's technical architecture that could have drastic consequences for an ecosystem worth billions in value. The disagreements swirl around how to implement the EVM Object Format (EOF), a container format that works by improving how code and data in Ethereum smart contracts are separated. EOF works by doing safety checks on EVM bytecode upfront, instead...

    NewsTechnology
    3 min read
    Vince Dioquino
  • Vitalik Buterin at ETH Taipei 2024. Photo: Rug Radio/Decrypt

    'Ethereum's Future Is Bright': Vitalik Buterin Tackles Price and Layer-2 Frustrations

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin laid out his latest thoughts on the blockchain’s future Friday, addressing head-on an issue that he rarely discusses: Concerns about ETH’s price, and the role of layer-2 scaling networks in depressing the asset’s financial health.  Layer-2 networks, built atop of Ethereum’s mainnet, now dominate the blockchain thanks to the miniscule gas fees and speedy transaction times they offer. But analysts have predicted that the proliferation of L2s could cost Ethereum...

    NewsTechnology
    4 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Image: Shutterstock

    'Wartime' Vitalik, DeFi Moves, and Milady Vibes—What's Up With the Ethereum Foundation?

    Milady PFPs, an angry Vitalik Buterin, and leadership shakeups—what exactly is going on at the Ethereum Foundation these days?  For months, Ethereum holders have complained that the network’s leadership appears often more focused on niche technical objectives than public perception and political considerations that have become increasingly critical to other top industry projects and companies.  Certainly, the fact that ETH’s stubbornly stagnant price has become a meme amid an otherwise historic...

    NewsBusiness
    4 min read
    Sander Lutz
  • Vitalik Buterin at ETH Taipei 2024. Photo: Rug Radio/Decrypt

    Vitalik Buterin Says Sony's Controversial L2 Shows Why Ethereum Is Great for Business

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin weighed in Wednesday on the controversy surrounding Soneium, a Sony-launched Ethereum layer-2 scaling network that left some meme coin traders in the lurch this week while trying to suppress certain transactions. “Businesses can make very fine-grained choices around how much control they keep vs. give to users,” Buterin wrote in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter). “But whatever rules they choose, that's what the rules are.” Not long after Soneium official...

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    4 min read
    André Beganski
  • BLOCKCHAIN c. Rodrigo Martinez/Decrypt

    What Are Layer-2 Networks and Sidechains? Ethereum Scaling Explained

    Blockchain infrastructure has evolved to encompass an ecosystem of layer-1 and layer-2 networks. In this article we’ll explore the difference between the two, and how layer-2 networks and other scaling methods like sidechains attempt to address the scalability challenges of layer-1 blockchains. What are layer-2 networks? Simply put, layer-2 networks are blockchain networks that live atop a layer-1 network such as Ethereum, with the layer-1 network providing the base layer of infrastructure and s...

  • Image: Shutterstock

    Vitalik Buterin Hits Back at Ethereum Foundation Critics: 'Show Some Respect'

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has pushed back at claims that he has sold any ETH over the past month, in a recent Twitter thread. “I haven't sold a single ETH in the past month,” Buterin replied to a Twitter user Saturday. He added that, “The amount of ETH I hold has actually gone up.” I haven't sold a single ETH in the past month? The amount of ETH I hold has actually gone up — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) October 25, 2024 Buterin also addressed claims that the Ethereum Foundation has...

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    3 min read
    Ryan S. Gladwin
  • Vitalik Buterin and Michael Saylor. Images: @dAAAb/Twitter, Swan Bitcoin/YouTube

    Vitalik Buterin: Michael Saylor's Bitcoin Self-Custody Comments Are 'Batshit Insane'

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has openly criticized MicroStrategy co-founder Michael Saylor's recent remarks on Bitcoin self-custody. During a recent interview, Saylor was asked whether leaving Bitcoin custody to large banks and third-party entities poses a centralization risk, with the potential for government seizure of individuals’ crypto holdings. The MicroStrategy co-founder responded that when Bitcoin is held by "paranoid crypto-anarchists" who do not acknowledge government regulatio...

    NewsCoins
    3 min read
    Adrian Zmudzinski
  • Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum. Image: @dAAAb/Twitter

    Vitalik Buterin: ‘The Scourge’ to Address Ethereum's Proof-of-Stake Centralization Risks

    In a new blog post, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin addressed risks to the layer-1 blockchain due to potential centralization in its proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. In the post dated October 20, Buterin discussed the third of several “Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol,” which he dubbed “The Scourge.” Buterin warned that economic pressures could allow large stakers to dominate the network, increasing the risk of 51% attacks, transaction censorship, and unfair value extractio...

    NewsTechnology
    3 min read
    Adrian Zmudzinski
  • Image: Shutterstock

    Ethereum Bulls Have Reason to Worry If L2s Remain Dominant, Says VanEck Analyst

    Ethereum’s adoption of layer-2 networks could cost ETH trillions of dollars in potential market capitalization over the next few years if its associated dynamics remain unbalanced, according to VanEck Head of Digital Assets Research Matthew Sigel. In a Twitter (aka X) post, the analyst posited Thursday that Ethereum’s “changing fundamentals suggest a model update is in order.” Instead of climbing to $22,000 by 2030, Ethereum’s price projection would plummet 67% to $7,300 if “the current reality”...

    NewsCoins
    4 min read
    André Beganski
  • Vitalik Buterin is the creator of the Ethereum blockchain. Image: Siam Blockchain

    Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Proposes Huge Changes to Network

    It turns out that Vitalik Buterin wasn’t satisfied with the first overhaul to Ethereum’s consensus mechanism—despite many years of technical tinkering and debate.   In a Monday blog post, the Ethereum co-founder pondered several potential improvements to Ethereum’s proof-of-stake model. That included lowering financial barriers for solo stakers, as well as improving the amount of time it takes when finalizing Ethereum blocks. Two years ago, “The Merge” fundamentally changed how Ethereum’s transa...

    NewsTechnology
    3 min read
    André Beganski
  • Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum. Image: @dAAAb/Twitter

    Economists Vouch for Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin as Nobel Prize Contender

    Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin may be up for the Nobel Prize in Economics thanks to his contributions to cryptocurrency, two notable economists argued on a recent podcast. This comes ahead of the award announcement on Monday, October 14. Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarro, two economics professors, spoke on the podcast for their joint economic blog Marginal Revolution as they questioned who may win the upcoming Nobel Prize in Economics. After throwing a few names around, they eventually pondered if...

    NewsOpinion
    3 min read
    Ryan S. Gladwin
  • Image: Token2049

    Record-Breaking Token2049 Brings Crypto Industry to Singapore

    The crypto industry converged on Singapore last month for the record-breaking 2024 edition of Token2049, with 20,000 attendees taking part in the main conference and over 800 side events. Billed as the world’s largest Web3 and crypto conference, this year’s edition of Token2049 saw speakers from across the industry taking part in panel discussions and fireside chats, including Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and noted whistleblower Edward Snowden. This w...

  • Vitalik Buterin at ETH Taipei 2024. Photo: Rug Radio/Decrypt

    How Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Defines 'Stage 1+' Layer-2 Networks

    Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has said that from 2025 onwards he plans to only publicly mention layer-2 networks that are “Stage 1+”. Buterin, who has 5.4 million followers on Twitter and is arguably among one of crypto's most influential voices, says he may make some exceptions to the rule. For example, “maybe a short grace period for new genuinely interesting projects.” “It doesn't matter if I invested, or if you're my friend; stage 1 or bust,” he said in the post on Twitter. I take this s...

    NewsCoins
    3 min read
    Will McCurdy
  • Vitalik Buterin is the co-founder of Ethereum. Image: @dAAAb/Twitter

    Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Reveals Salary Amid Growing Foundation Scrutiny

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said Tuesday that the Ethereum Foundation pays him an annual salary of around $140,000, as the organization centered around Ethereum’s developers and researchers prepares a new spending report amid public scrutiny of its budget. The Canadian programmer helped establish the Swiss-based nonprofit in 2014, which supports Ethereum’s ecosystem through research, grants, and events. Regarded as one of the crypto industry’s centric visionaries, Buterin sits on the Eth...

    NewsBusiness
    4 min read
    André Beganski
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