Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, is a programmer, thinker and a leading figure in blockchain and decentralization technology, driving innovations in smart contracts and scalable decentralized systems.
What is Vitalik Buterin?
Vitalik Buterin, born January 31, 1994, is widely recognized as a pioneering leader in blockchain and decentralization technology. As the co-founder of Ethereum, launched in 2015, Buterin introduced a Turing-complete blockchain platform that revolutionized digital asset ecosystems by enabling smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps).
Buterin’s technical leadership extends beyond Ethereum’s creation. He has been instrumental in its major upgrades, including the 2022 Merge, which transitioned Ethereum to proof-of-stake and the ongoing roadmap for danksharding and rollups.
His concept of the “blockchain trilemma” (balancing decentralization, security, and scalability) has shaped industry discourse, influencing solutions like Optimistic and ZK-Rollups. Buterin actively contributes to Ethereum’s research, publishing on topics like account abstraction for user-friendly wallets and enshrined proposer-builder separation to enhance decentralization.
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