Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said end-to-end encrypted messaging is essential for protecting digital privacy, identifying permissionless account creation and metadata privacy as the next major priorities for the sector. He pointed to Session and SimpleX as two projects working on these areas and disclosed that he has donated 128 ETH to each of them. Major […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has advocated for X to rethink its new geo-inference system. The call comes amid growing scrutiny of how tech firms collect and use customer data. Buterin Flags Privacy Risks in X’s Country Labels Social media platform X recently rolled out a new feature that shows the country of origin for user […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has revealed the new “Trustless Manifesto,” designed to encourage decentralization, self-custody, and verifiability on the network. Co-authored by Ethereum Foundation (EF) researchers Yoav Weiss and Marissa, the initiative is based on the principle that Ethereum was not created to make finance efficient, but was made so people could coordinate without trust […]
New on-chain research from Arkham Intelligence this week shows that the wallet address holding the most ETH today is not an individual, not an exchange, not an ETF issuer, but the staking contract that secures Ethereum. According to Arkham, the ETH2 Beacon Deposit Contract currently holds more than 72.4 million ETH, worth around $252 billion […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stepped in following public remarks from Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, as he attempted to provide an acknowledgment of both the project and its leadership. Nailwal expressed frustration with Ethereum’s community, but said he remained loyal, even as he faced criticism over Polygon’s classification. Inside Ethereum Power Struggles In response, Buterin highlighted […]
Vitalik Buterin has finally responded to concerns about Ethereum’s 45-day unstaking queue, explaining that it is important to the network’s defense. His comments follow an ongoing debate within the crypto community over the long waiting time. Buterin’s Defence The controversy began when Galaxy Digital’s Michael Marcantonio publicly criticized Ethereum’s lengthy exit queue via X, calling […]
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and developer Anders Elowsson have introduced EIP-7999, a proposal to overhaul the network’s fee structure by unifying multiple resource costs under a single maximum fee. The move aims to simplify transaction pricing while improving capital efficiency, addressing long-standing concerns about Ethereum’s complex fee market design. A Unified Approach to Ethereum’s Fee […]
Vitalik Buterin has suggested changes to Ethereum’s scaling plan that focus on making it easier to run local nodes while still supporting Layer 1 (L1) scaling. His proposals come in response to concerns that raising the L1 gas limit could make it more difficult for users to run full nodes. Partially Stateless Nodes In a […]
In a post on Ethereum Magicians on April 11, the mathematician proposed a roadmap that focuses on making private transactions and anonymous onchain interactions more accessible and natural for everyday users without needing major changes to the network’s core protocol. The proposed roadmap covers four primary key forms of privacy: privacy of onchain payments, partial […]
As discussions around crypto fraud intensify following the recent $1.5 billion Bybit hack, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is urging the industry to recognize another major risk. According to him, while much attention is given to preventing theft, not enough is done to protect people from accidental loss due to user errors. Accidental Crypto Loss Remains […]