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Vitalik Buterin downplayed Ethereum’s recent brush with finality loss, saying temporary delays are fine if the wrong block is not finalized, and experts mostly agree. Ethereum can afford to lose finality from time to time without putting the network at serious risk, according to co-founder Vitalik Buterin, even after a recent client bug came close to disrupting the blockchain’s confirmation mechanism. Following a recent bug in the Prysm Ethereum client, Buterin said in an X post that there is “nothing wrong with losing finalization once in a while.” He added that finalization indicates the network is “really sure” a block will not be reverted. Buterin argued that if finality is occasionally delayed for hours due to a major bug, “that’s fine,” and the blockchain keeps working while that happens. The real issue would be something else, he said: “The thing to avoid is finalizing the wrong thing.” Read more

Ethereum has doubled its gas limit from roughly 30 million to 60 million in a year, increasing throughput as client teams back a higher-capacity mainnet while Vitalik Buterin outlines targeted opcode changes and a gradual scaling roadmap alongside proto-danksharding. The post Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum’s Growth Will Be “Less Uniform” as Gas Costs Face Targeted Adjustments appeared first on Cryptonews.

Vitalik Buterin and Anatoly Yakovenko debate whether Ethereum’s Layer-2 networks truly ensure security and decentralization.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has weighed in on the growing concerns over the network’s staking exit queue, which has now stretched to more than six weeks. In a Sept. 18 post on X, Buterin framed the process as a deliberate design choice rather than a flaw, comparing it to the discipline of military service. According […] The post Vitalik Buterin defends 43 day Ethereum staking exit queue as $11.3B waits in line, what breaks next appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin claims it is a “bad idea” to use artificial intelligence (AI) for governance. In an X post on Saturday, Buterin wrote: “If you use an AI to allocate funding for contributions, people WILL put a jailbreak plus “gimme all the money” in as many places as they can.” Why AI governance […] The post Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin calls ‘AI governance’ a “bad idea” appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is a billionaire, following ETH's 20% weekly rise which saw it pass several traditional companies.

Vitalik Buterin's net worth could be bolstered even more as crypto traders are eyeing new all-time highs for Ether in just days. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has regained his status as a ten-figure crypto holder just days after Ether crossed the $4,000 price level for the first time in eight months, according to a blockchain intelligence firm. “Vitalik Buterin is now an onchain billionaire again,” Arkham said in a post on Saturday. At the time of publication, Buterin’s portfolio is valued at approximately $1.04 billion, holding 240,042 ETH alongside smaller stakes in cryptocurrencies such as Aave Ethereum (AETHWETH), WhiteRock (WHITE), Moo Deng (MOODENG), and Wrapped Ethereum (WETH). On Saturday, Ether (ETH) climbed another 6.38%, reaching as high as $4,332 following its return to $4,000 on Friday — a level not seen since December 2024 — while Bitcoin’s (BTC) share of the crypto market cap declined. Read more

The following is a guest post and opinion of Rostyslav Bortman, Founder of Ethereum Ukraine. Even in wartime Kyiv, innovation doesn’t pause. At ETHKyiv 2025, more than 100 hackers proved it—shipping privacy-first dApps, competing for grants, and showing what’s possible when the world’s toughest challenges meet Web3 grit. But the real shockwaves came from the […] The post 400 TPS and “Ethereum on your phone”: Vitalik Buterin & Tomasz K. Stańczak dropped big news at ETHKyiv 2025 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has outlined a new approach to improve the network’s speed and scalability by rethinking how block finality is structured. In an August 1 blog post, Buterin proposed separating Ethereum’s fork choice mechanism from its finality process, which he believes could simplify the protocol and enable faster block confirmations. Ethereum’s consensus currently […] The post Vitalik Buterin unveils plan to boost Ethereum speed and scalability appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he is rethinking his long-held preference for permissive software licenses, advocating for broader use of “copyleft” frameworks as open source enters what he described as a more competitive and concentrated era. In a blog post published on July 7, Buterin explained that permissive licenses such as MIT or CC0 have […] The post Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin advocates copyleft to counter tech monopolies appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and Toni Wahrstätter, a researcher at the Ethereum Foundation, have put forth a proposal that will cap the maximum gas a single transaction can use. The proposal, EIP 7983, claims: “By implementing this limit, Ethereum can enhance its resilience against certain DoS [Denial of Service attack] vectors, improve network stability, and […] The post Vitalik Buterin proposes to cap gas usage per Ethereum transaction to boost zkVM compatibility, security appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Vitalik Buterin's presentation at the EthCC event comes amid an inflection point for the crypto industry as it attempts to reconcile growth and the Cypherpunk ethos. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin delivered a keynote speech at EthCC on Wednesday, asking blockchain developers to focus on freeing humanity through their inventions rather than building more technically advanced tools. Buterin compared the individual liberty ethos of the early internet in the 1990s to the current ethos in blockchain, noting that the free and open internet championed by early digital rights advocate John Perry Barlow was lost in the Web2 era. The Ethereum co-founder characterized Web2 as a collection of "walled gardens," warning the audience that many of the Web2 founders, which have since become known for censorship policies, framed themselves as freedom advocates in the early days. Buterin cautioned Web3 founders not to fall into the same trap: Read more

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that one-per-person digital ID systems, despite using zero-knowledge proofs (ZK proofs), carry risks to privacy. ZK proof wrapped IDs offered by World ID (formerly Worldcoin) using biometric data and ZK proofs have been gaining traction, recently crossing 10 million users. Therefore, in his blog on Saturday, Buterin suggested ‘pluralistic identity’ […] The post Vitalik Buterin says pluralistic ZK digital IDs are the ‘best realistic solution’ to preserve privacy appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Even with layer-2 networks growing in use, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that the layer-1 should scale substantially—and soon.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has raised concerns about the risks of centralized digital payment systems, pointing to Sweden’s shift away from its cashless agenda. The post Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum Can Be a Financial Lifeline Amid Cashless Concerns appeared first on Cryptonews.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin acknowledged a major breakthrough in zero-knowledge (ZK) technology this week, calling recent developments in real-time proving a “truly amazing” step forward. Buterin’s comments came in response to a post from developer Uma Roy, who announced that her team had achieved real-time Ethereum proving, an accomplishment many in the cryptography community had […] The post Vitalik Buterin praises real-time ZK proving milestone, but urges caution appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Vitalik Buterin backs RISC-V, an open-source chip architecture, to future-proof smart contracts with greater decentralization, lower costs and long-term hardware independence. RISC-V, pronounced “risk five,” is a modern open-source instruction set architecture (ISA) based on reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. In simple terms, it’s like a blueprint that defines a set of instructions that a processor can execute. RISC-V is designed to be highly modular, efficient and flexible. Originally developed by the University of California in 2010, the open-source framework gives developers the flexibility to tailor its functionality and use cases, plus offers cost savings compared to proprietary ISAs like ARM or x86. This offers a wide range of uses, from supercomputers to smartphones and now blockchains like Ethereum. Read more

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that the blockchain’s long-term resilience and scalability hinge on making it simple, like Bitcoin. In a blog post on May 3, he described how “Ethereum 5 years from now can become close to as simple as Bitcoin.” Buterin wrote: “One of the best things about Bitcoin is how beautifully simple […] The post Vitalik Buterin wants to make Ethereum ‘as simple as Bitcoin’ by 2030 appeared first on CryptoSlate.