Vitalik Buterin seen as dark horse for 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics

October 9, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The co-founder of Ethereum is considered a “non-traditional” pick, but his contributions are undeniable.

Economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, creators of Marginal Revolution, recently made their picks for who might win the upcoming 2024 Nobel Prize for economics.

The discussion came during an Oct. 8 episode of the duo’s Marginal Revolution podcast.

In what he referred to as an “unusual pick,” Cowen said, given the opportunity, he’d pick Ethereum co-founder and computer scientist Vitalik Buterin.

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Vitalik Buterin Sells Memecoin Holdings To Fund Anti-Airborne Disease Tech Charity

October 7, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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The founder of Ethereum (ETH) is selling off a trove of memecoins and turning the profits into donations. According to blockchain reporter Colin Wu, Vitalik Buterin sold about $340,000 of memecoins in half an hour early on Monday. “Just In: Vitalik exchanged some Memecoins into his wallet for about 140.6 ETH in 30 minutes, worth […]

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Vitalik Buterin Donates 100 Ethereum (ETH) to Tornado Cash Developer Roman Storm’s Legal Defense Fund

October 7, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Ethereum co-creator Vitalik Buterin is donating 100 ETH to bolster the legal defense fund of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm. In a new thread on the social media platform X, Storm – who helped launch the anonymous ETH-based crypto mixing protocol in 2019 – expresses his gratitude to Buterin for his continued support. “I can’t […]

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Vitalik Buterin Shows Support for Tornado Cash Developer With Additional 100 ETH Donation

October 7, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has demonstrated his continued support for Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm by donating an additional 100 ETH, valued at approximately $240,000, to Storm’s legal defense fund. This marks the third contribution from Buterin, bringing the total amount raised for the fund to over 327 ETH. The fund was established to assist […]

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Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Says He Supports the Existence of Betting Platform Polymarket – Here’s Why

October 2, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Ethereum (ETH) creator Vitalik Buterin isn’t dissuaded by the controversy surrounding the decentralized betting platform Polymarket. The Polygon-based betting platform has sparked criticism for offering war markets related to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East between Israel, Hezbollah and Hamas. Markets like “Israeli forces enter Lebanon in September?” and “U.S. evacuates Beirut Embassy by […]

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Vitalik Buterin Argues for Balancing Decentralization and Cooperation in Ethereum Ecosystem

October 1, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Vitalik Buterin is laying out how the Ethereum (ETH) ecosystem can embrace both decentralization and cooperation without compromising either. In a new blog post, the Ethereum creator argues that the ecosystem’s strength comes from the wide range of people and organizations working on it. “The primary challenge is making sure that all these projects are, […]

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Pre-Bull Signs Abound

September 30, 2024 Bitcoin.com

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This editorial is from last week’s newsletter, Week in Review. Subscribe to the newsletter to get this editorial the second it’s finished, which also includes the biggest stories of the week and a comment on each story. Pre-Bull Sentiment Rises This week it felt like the entirety of the crypto industry descended upon the city-state […]

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Vitalik tells Ethereum L2s ‘Stage 1 or GTFO’ — Who makes the cut?

September 17, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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According to L2Beat, six Ethereum layer 2s have already reached Stage 1, while most others are still stuck at Stage 0.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated on Sept. 12 that he will no longer consider a network a “layer 2” if it has not reached “Stage 1” by the end of the year.

“The era of rollups being glorified multisigs is coming to an end,” he stated, adding that “the era of cryptographic trust is upon us.”

The question of whether a network is a layer 2 isn’t just a technicality for the Ethereum community.

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Vitalik Buterin Says He Will Only Promote Sufficiently Decentralized Ethereum Layer-2s Starting in 2025

September 13, 2024 The Daily Hodl

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Ethereum (ETH) creator Vitalik Buterin says that starting next year, he will only publicly mention layer-2 projects that he believes are en route to optimal decentralization. Addressing his 5.4 million followers on the social media platform X, Buterin says that in 2025, he plans to only publicly name L2s that are in “stage 1” or […]

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Vitalik: L2s that aren’t at least ‘stage 1’ are dead to me

September 12, 2024 Coin Telegraph

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The Ethereum co-founder said it was “stage 1 or bust” for his acceptance of a layer-2 project’s decentralization progress.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has reiterated his stance on layer-2 decentralization, stating that he only plans to acknowledge scaling solutions at “stage 1” of his decentralization scale.

In a Sept. 12 X post, Buterin said that he takes this “seriously” and that, starting next year, he only plans to publicly mention layer-2 networks that are “stage 1+”.

He added that there “may be a short grace period for new genuinely interesting projects.”

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