{"id":17657,"date":"2024-10-10T11:28:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T08:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/economist-suggests-nobel-prize-for-vitalik-buterin\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T11:28:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T08:28:24","slug":"economist-suggests-nobel-prize-for-vitalik-buterin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/economist-suggests-nobel-prize-for-vitalik-buterin\/","title":{"rendered":"Economist Suggests Nobel Prize for Vitalik Buterin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economics, alongside Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, although &#8220;the latter is no longer alive,&#8221; according to economist Tyler Cowen.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Economist Tyler Cowen said that Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin is a strong contender for the Nobel Prize in Economics. They likened Ethereum&#8217;s transition from POW to POS to changing tires while a car is driving. Alex Tabarrok believes that Satoshi Nakamoto should also win the\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WuBlockchain\/status\/1843987672614031436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During a podcast with Cowen&#8217;s colleague, Alex Tabarrok, the experts compared Ethereum&#8217;s transition from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake to changing tires while a car is moving.<\/p>\n<p>Cowen praised Buterin for his significant contribution to the cryptocurrency economy, emphasizing that his work far surpasses that of any other specialist.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Vitalik built a platform, created a currency, effectively disproved <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ru.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B8\"><em>Mises&#8217;s regression theorem<\/em><\/a><em>, following in the footsteps of Satoshi (Nakamoto). My God, what does it take to win a Nobel Prize?&#8221;<\/em> <em>\u2014<\/em> Cowen wondered.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The economist also highlighted the positive personal qualities of the Ethereum founder and his focus on philanthropy.<\/p>\n<p>The Nobel Prize in Economics winner will be announced on October 14.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the creators of the HBO documentary Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery named developer Peter Todd as the person who took the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto to create Bitcoin. He denied this claim. <\/p>\n<p>Prior to this, members of the crypto community had strengthened their belief that the creator of Bitcoin was the late cryptographer and cypherpunk Len Sassaman. His widow dismissed this notion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is considered a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economics, alongside Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, although &#8220;the latter is no longer alive,&#8221; according to economist Tyler Cowen. Economist Tyler Cowen said that Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin is a strong contender for the Nobel Prize in Economics. They likened Ethereum&#8217;s transition from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1693,111,200],"class_list":["post-17657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-nobel-prize","tag-satoshi-nakamoto","tag-vitalik-buterin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"41","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}