Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin

Finance

Buterin to Use Returned $100M From SHIB Donation for COVID Projects Worldwide

CryptoRelief, the Indian COVID-19 fund that received the original donation, is returning the sum, which Buterin will use for “higher-risk higher-reward” projects.

Vitalik Buterin (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Planning for Better Breed of DOGE: Dogecoin Foundation Lays Out First-Ever Road Map

It’s the first-ever road map released by the foundation in its eight-year history and explores eight new projects, including the launch of LibDogecoin and GigaWallet.

A Shiba inu, the dog breed that inspired both DOGE and SHIB, is getting a ride in cryptocurrency markets. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Scaling Ethereum Without Trade-Offs: Inside EIP 4488

The upgrade could help lower transaction costs for rollups while the network waits for sharding to be implemented.

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Markets

Vitalik Buterin Sent Away Trillions of Unwanted Dog Coins, but More Keep Rolling In

The Ethereum co-founder has again shown little love to DOGE knockoffs like baby shiba.

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Videos

Buterin Calls Mandatory Acceptance of Bitcoin in El Salvador Counter to Crypto’s ‘Ideals of Freedom’

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the forced adoption of bitcoin in El Salvador in a comment he made in a Reddit forum on Friday, noting that “making it mandatory for businesses to accept a specific cryptocurrency is contrary to the ideals of freedom that are supposed to be so important to the crypto space.”

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Policy

Buterin Calls Mandatory Acceptance of Bitcoin in El Salvador Counter to Crypto’s ‘Ideals of Freedom’

The Ethereum co-founder’s comments appear to refer to an article in El Salvador’s Bitcoin Law, but in reality the requirement for merchants to accept bitcoin is not that clear.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin

Finance

Future of Life Institute to Launch Vitalik Buterin Fellowships Centered on AI Safety Research

The institute studies ways artificial intelligence can help mankind.

Vitalik Buterin on stage at RadicalXchange 2019. (Credit: Christine Kim/CoinDesk)

Videos

Vitalik Buterin Among Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021

Time Magazine has listed Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin in its 100 Most Influential People list for 2021. Tesla CEO Elon Musk and El Salvador President Nayib Bukele have also been recognized.

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Tech

Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Named to Time Magazine’s ‘Most Influential’ List

Vitalik’s writeup was penned by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin