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ForkLog 31 08.07.2025

Vitalik Buterin Advocates Copyleft Licenses to Combat Monopolies

Ethereum’s creator, Vitalik Buterin, has shifted his stance on software licenses. Previously a proponent of permissive licensing, he now prioritizes copyleft. Why I used to prefer permissive licenses and now favor copylefthttps://t.co/aPGhY0Y0kX — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) July 7, 2025 He explained his position by citing increased competition and the threat of market monopolization. Buterin highlighted the […]

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ForkLog 15 07.07.2025

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Enhancements for Ethereum Security

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and developer Tony Warshtetter have proposed a gas limit of 16.77 million for individual transactions. Their proposed improvement, EIP-7983, aims to enhance Ethereum’s security and resilience against DoS attacks. This mechanism would also simplify the calculation of on-chain operation costs. If a transaction’s gas limit exceeds 16.77 million, it will not […]

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ForkLog 88 03.07.2025

Ethereum Community Foundation Emerges as a Rival to Ethereum Foundation

Zac Cole has established the Ethereum Community Foundation, aiming to achieve what the Ethereum Foundation “cannot or will not.” Vitalik Buterin stated that cryptocurrency should liberate people, rather than be an esoteric technology. Key Ethereum developer Zac Cole has launched a new entity, the Ethereum Community Foundation (ECF). One of its objectives is to elevate […]

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ForkLog 61 02.07.2025

CZ Contributes $10 Million to Buterin’s Biotech Initiative

Former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) donated $10 million in BNB to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin several months ago for “open-source biotech efforts.” ? Moved by this post?. Just doing my little part. The best way to attract mission-driven talent is having conviction yourself. Likeminded people naturally come together. On top of YZiLabs investments, I […]

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ForkLog 141 28.06.2025

Vitalik Buterin Introduces Concept of ‘Pluralistic Identification’

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has unveiled a system of digital ‘pluralistic’ identification aimed at enhancing privacy protection in a new essay. Does digital ID have risks even if it’s ZK-wrapped?https://t.co/rye1q5G90G — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) June 28, 2025 He examined the benefits and associated risks of ID solutions based on zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, which are gaining traction. […]

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ForkLog 28 26.06.2025

Buterin-Backed Project Introduces Private Stablecoin Payments

The Privacy Pools project, focused on on-chain privacy, has added support for stablecoins USDT, USDC, and DAI. This will enable the use of these assets for private payments. ? Stablecoin privacy is almost here ? Privacy Pools is adding support for $USDT, $USDC, and $DAI — bringing stablecoin privacy to Ethereum. More assets. More privacy. […]

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ForkLog 62 27.05.2025

Vitalik Buterin Highlights Ethereum’s Role Amid Sweden’s Cash Revival

Vitalik Buterin emphasized the fragility of centralized digital payments and the potential of decentralized alternatives. The Ethereum co-founder commented on Sweden’s shift away from a cashless policy. Nordics are walking back the cashless society initiative because their centralized implementation of the concept is too fragile. Cash turns out necessary as a backup. Ethereum needs to […]

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ForkLog 19 19.05.2025

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Reducing Node State Size

Scaling Ethereum should enhance performance without compromising the usability of personal nodes, believes network co-founder Vitalik Buterin. In a new essay, he offered relevant recommendations. These include the implementation of: EIP-4444; distributed history storage; stateless verification synchronization; light nodes with “partial state” (partially stateless nodes). According to Buterin, the full deployment of EIP-4444 will reduce […]

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ForkLog 25 05.05.2025

Vitalik Buterin Cautions Against Hasty Decentralization of Rollups

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has explained when L2 networks should transition to decentralization. In his view, there is no need to rush this process. Here is a simplified mathematical model that shows when to move to stage 2. Assumptions: * Each security council member has an independent 10% chance of “breaking”* we treat liveness failure […]

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ForkLog 110 01.05.2025

Vitalik Buterin Outlines Personal Priorities for 2025

In 2025, Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin will focus on developing the core infrastructure of the network and promoting decentralized ecosystems. And my personal focuses (and non-focuses) for 2025. Should be predictable from things I’ve done and written, but it’s worth re-stating explicitly. https://t.co/e4yvRmrTOa pic.twitter.com/XvSFbvlEUp — vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) April 30, 2025 In the context of the […]

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ForkLog 23 21.04.2025

Ethereum Foundation Shifts Focus to L1 Scaling and User Experience Enhancement

Following leadership changes at the Ethereum Foundation (EF), the organization has shifted its focus to user experience (UX) and Layer 1 L1 scaling issues. This was stated by its co-director, Tomasz Stańczak. Our discussions about the Layer 1 scaling roadmap have been extensive, and the feedback so far suggests that the community appreciates our ambition. […]

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ForkLog 26 20.04.2025

Vitalik Buterin Proposes Shifting Ethereum’s Architecture to RISC-V

Ethereum’s founder, Vitalik Buterin, shared his thoughts on transitioning the Ethereum Virtual Machine to the open RISC-V architecture. According to him, this proposal is as ambitious as Beam Chain and might be the only way to significantly enhance the network’s execution layer efficiency. RISC-V is a processor and software architecture, an alternative to ARM and […]

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