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15 links, first saved December 4, 2023, latest September 27, 2026.
- The cryptographic world computer
I'm intrigued by how Buterin is continuing to steer Ethereum. Many folks have put crypto in the dustbin of the past. I think there is still strong utility that is aligned with the…
- My response to AI 2027
- Why I used to prefer permissive licenses and now favor copyleft
- Why I support privacy
A reminder that blockchains allow for people to be anonymous by keeping wallet ownership unknown, but there is nothing private that the wallet can do. All transactions are known…
- Reasons to have higher L1 gas limits even in an L2-heavy Ethereum
I continue to see promise in Ethereum's Layer 1 (L1) versus Layer 2 (L2) network. I think the idea of one blockchain "winning" is not likely, and would likely be a bad thing.…
- Scaling Ethereum L1 and L2s in 2025 and beyond
Buterin sharing current point-of-view on continued growth and scaling of Ethereum. I continue to be a big proponent of Ethereum and the roadmap. The network-of-networks approach…
- What I would love to see in a wallet
I've gone pretty deep in crypto and one of the conclusions that I have is that the wallet software, the final interface between the user and the blockchain, is a huge limiter for…
- Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 1: The Merge
The continued roadmap for Ethereum. I like the focus on reducing the staking requirement to make it easier for more people to participate.
- Against choosing your political allegiances based on who is "pro-crypto"
- How do layer 2s really differ from execution sharding?
Vitalik sharing his thinking about the benefits of Ethereum's approach to scaling via Layer 2 networks. Because Ethereum is a layer-2-centric ecosystem, you are free to go…
- Ethereum has blobs. Where do we go from here?
Buterin with a State of Ethereum update after the successful Dencun hard fork to activate EIP-4844 and enable blobs. In the last three years Ethereum has been through a heavy…
- Ask security questions
I've been saying for a bit that with AI able to generate content that looks so genuinely like someone else wrote it that we need to use signatures, likely using Ethereum, to…
- The end of my childhood
Vitalek Buterin reflecting on his own role in the crypto ecosystem, and how crypto itself is evolving and maturing. Is the original "story" of crypto falling further and further…
- Make Ethereum Cypherpunk Again
- My techno-optimism
Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum blockchain, with his own take on "techno-optimism". This whole thread was started with Marc Andreessen's manifesto and branches out with a…