# vitalik-buterin

Vitalik Buterin donated over $ 1 million to Ukraine

On the night of October 29, 2024, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin made a significant charitable contribution by donating 400 ETH (over $ 1 million) to support four Ukrainian charities. According to Limitless Labs co-founder Rev Miller, each of the organizations received 100 ETH, which at the time of the transaction amounted to approximately $ 261,470. Buterin directed the funds to organizations including Crystal Hearts, Polymath-Kids, and United Humanitarian […]

Ethereum cryptocurrency developer names main development goals

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, shared his thoughts on the current state of the protocol and named the main goals of the network’s future development: increasing the speed of transactions and security, as well as expanding access to the network for more people. Buterin mentioned the Ethereum merger that took place in 2022. This event marked the transition of the protocol from the Proof-of-Work (PoW) […]

Ethereum cryptocurrency developer may become a Nobel Prize winner

During a recent podcast, economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok said that Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin could be nominated for the upcoming Nobel Prize in Economics. In their opinion, Buterin’s contribution to the crypto economy is simply incredible. They also praised Ethereum’s successful transition from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake, comparing it to the extreme example of changing tires on a moving car in Saudi Arabia. Tabarrok added that Buterin’s […]

The Ethereum digital token has grown by 25,400% since its launch

The Ethereum digital token and the entire cryptocurrency community are celebrating the project’s 9th anniversary. According to CoinGecko, the price of Ethereum has grown significantly since its launch in 2015. After the creation of the genesis block on July 30, the asset appeared on the market at $ 2.77, but by August 10, its value dropped to $ 0.68. A year later, on July 30, 2016, […]

Arkham Intelligence: Vitalik Buterin owns $ 857 million in cryptocurrency

Experts of the Arkham Intelligence analytical platform have assessed the financial condition of Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum. According to the study, the value of the crypto assets he owns exceeds $ 857 million. Experts noted that at the beginning of 2024, Buterin had more than $ 552 million in his accounts. Most of the father of ethereum’s wealth consists of the initial distribution of the leading altcoin — 246,730 […]

Meme-coin named in honor of Vitalik Buterin can grow by 13,000%

Note: not investment advice! Cryptocurrency market analysts say: Buterin Sucks (BUTSUCKS), a recently launched meme-coin on the Solana blockchain, is poised to grow by more than 14,000% in a few days as former investors of Shiba Inu, Bonk and Dogecoin see high potential in it. BUTSUCKS will soon be listed on KuCoin, one of the largest centralized exchanges in the world. Crypto experts believe that this is an extremely positive development […]

The developer of one of the world’s most famous cryptocurrencies has named the safest type of crypto wallet

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said that he keeps 90% of his personal cryptocurrency assets in the Safe (formerly Gnosis Safe) multi-sig wallet. According to Buterin, in terms of security, multi-sig wallets boast a number of advantages that hardware wallets do not have. The programmer wrote about this in X. Vitalik Buterin once again emphasized that the best option for protecting your own funds is to use […]

Vitalik Buterin transferred Ethereum through a cryptomixer used by Lazarus Group

Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, made several transactions worth about 100 ETH ($ 575,000) through the Railgun anonymizer. This was reported by journalist Colin Wu. Railgun is an EVM privacy protocol that keeps the details of transfers such as token type, amount, sender, and recipient secret. According to Arkham Intelligence’s dashboard, Buterin interacted with the protocol several times over the past six months. […]