Vitalik Buterin

Ethereum’s bright-minded co-founder has had another World-of-Warcraft-inspired idea for the Ethereum ecosystem. He recently posited that some NFTs should become untradeable to people who haven’t met the item’s conditions. While hurting the marketability and speculative side of NFTs, this could increase their value as signifiers of specific achievements/ value. "Soulbound" NFTs Vitalik aired his thoughts on the subject in yesterday's blog post titled “Soulbound”. Soulbound items in World of Warcraft refer to those it cannot trade to other players. These…

Though Ethereum has been delayed several times on its way to v2.0, its founder remains optimistic. Vitalik Buterin recently told the Bankless podcast that he thinks the network is “50% of the way there” in upgrades. In addition, he outlined a 5 step process by which he sees it reaching its “Endgame” – a follow-up to his recent article. 5 Stages To Success Vitalik broke down Ethereum’s roadmap into five easy-to-remember stages. These are the Merge, the Surge, the Verge,…

Ethereum’s founder just called The Bitcoin Law “reckless” and opposed to freedom. But it’s the most practical way forward for the well-being of El Salvador. The Article 7 Controversy On June 9th, 2021, El Salvador made world history by passing a digital currency, Bitcoin, as legal tender alongside the US Dollar. President Nayib Bukele and Strike developer Jack Mallers announced the law at the twelve thousand-person Bitcoin conference. The crowd received the news with thunderous applause, and congress cast an…

On September 1st, Ethereum CEO Vitalik Buterin tweeted that he hopes Dogecoin moves to a PoS. His Tweet was in response to a question earlier asked by another big player in the financial world. Vitalik said that days after his selection into the Dogecoin Foundation board. Vitalik on Dogecoin and PoS To boost his social score, Vitalik Buterin told his Twitter friends to ask any questions. Unsurprisingly, the most popular questions were about cryptocurrencies. One of the most exciting questions…

Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin has hinted that there could be delays in the transition of Ethereum to the Proof-of-Stake protocol. This was revealed during a question and answer section with community members on Reddit. Ethereum Is Slowly Moving Towards Proof-of-Stake The slow and complicated transition from Ethereum to Proof-of-Stake has long been chronicled. The project has been caught up in issues that have caused delays. However, Buterin believes that developers need to take their time before deploying a new version…

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has revealed that Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract is live. Buterin made this announcement on Twitter an hour ago, which paves the way for the rollout of Ethereum 2.0 Phase 0. The Ethereum foundation in a blog post further revealed how the genesis process is expected to happen.  The genesis time for the rollout of Ethereum 2.0 has also been moved from Jan 3 to December 1. Prospective stakers will be able to deposit the required ether…

TRON Founder and CEO Justin Sun recently set Twitter on fire with the TRON 4.0 launch announcement.  Founded in 2017, TRON is mainly designed to exploit blockchain technology and the Peer-to-Peer network to erase the need for middlemen in its ecosystem. Fuelled by the ambition to create a fully decentralized blockchain, the platform has partnered with various firms and attracted many developers and users.  Sun's latest tweet about TRON 4.0 triggered new excitement among blockchain users and fans. But what…

Among the top decentralized application (Dapp) platforms in the world today, the two leading the pack in the Dapp sector are Ethereum and TRON.  Justin Sun, TRON's Founder, and Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, has battled it out for the blockchain market's undisputed dominance over the past few years.  On one side, you have the brilliant and in-your-face personality, Buterin, who keeps jabbing right hooks on his Tron opponent's sentiments.  On the other hand, you have the logical and extremely…

Ethereum, the second-biggest blockchain platform after Bitcoin by market cap, is amid enormous changes which, over the next few years, should make it scalable and capable of supporting many more users. Ethereum 2.0 is an upgrade to the current ETH1 network- and is also referred to as "Serenity." At the end of it all, Ethereum will become much faster and less susceptible to attacks on the network. In many ways, Ethereum 2.0 is the combined effort of thousands of developers…