Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin

Tech

Vitalik Buterin unveils plan to curb Ethereum block builder centralization

Another focus of his post is so-called “toxic MEV,” where traders exploit visibility into pending transactions to front-run or “sandwich” users’ trades.

Vitalik Buterin

Tech

Vitalik Buterin reveals his bold new plan to fix Ethereum’s scaling problem

The new post reflects Buterin’s renewed focus on scaling Ethereum’s base layer, after several years in which much of the ecosystem’s scaling strategy centered on layer-2 rollups.

Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin at Techcrunch London 2015

News Analysis

Here is why Ethereum's bold new plan could make the blockchain giant high-speed 'internet of value' by 2029

Beneath the technical language of the 'Strawmap' is a far simpler story: Ethereum is trying to decide what kind of infrastructure it wants to be by the end of the decade.

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Tech

Vitalik Buterin unveils Ethereum roadmap to counter quantum computing threat

This move comes shortly after the Ethereum Foundation established a dedicated post-quantum research team to study the issue.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

Markets

Vitalik Buterin sold 17,000 ETH this month as ether fell 37%

The Ethereum co-founder's tracked wallets dropped from 241,000 ETH to 224,000 ETH in February, with sales routed through CoW Protocol in small batches to limit market impact.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

Videos

Trump tariffs send bitcoin lower to $66K

U.S. Google searches for "bitcoin zero" have hit a record high following President Trump's aggressive tariff announcements. As trade war fears rattle domestic and the crypto markets, traders are bracing for a further dip in Bitcoin. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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Markets

Ethereum's cofounder Vitalik Buterin sells more ether while prices continues to slide

The latest sales are part of a broader plan announced in late January to fund ecosystem development and other initiative.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)

Web3

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin proposes AI 'stewards' to help reinvent DAO governance

The system would use zero-knowledge proofs and secure environments (MPC/TEEs) to protect voter identity and sensitive data while preventing coercion and bribery.

Vitalik Buterin

Finance

DeFi is not really decentralized, it is unavoidably centralized

Rules are required to ensure DeFi projects grow and mature, which means they need layers of centralization before becoming truly decentralized. .

Consensus Hong Kong 2026 (Photo: Olivier Acuna/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Vitalik Buterin outlines how Ethereum could play a key role in the future of AI

In a post on X revisiting ideas he first outlined two years ago, the co-founder of Ethereum argues that the push toward artificial general intelligence often resembles the kind of unchecked speed and scale the blockchain was created to challenge.

Vitalik Buterin