vitalik.ethVerified account

@VitalikButerin

Ethereum. Fable of the Dragon Tyrant (not mine but it's important): Daylight savings time delenda est.

Earth
vitalik.ca
Joined May 2011
444 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @VitalikButerin

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @VitalikButerin

  1. Pinned Tweet
    18 Jun 2020

    Things I'm excited about (incomplete list) * Cryptography+blockchains esp family * Life extension * New governance/"social tech" * Better online education of all types * Building cities * Ongoing global poverty reduction * Space

    1,424 replies 740 retweets 4,693 likes
    Undo
  2. Apr 7

    Why sharding is great: demystifying the technical properties

    403 replies 697 retweets 3,430 likes
    Undo
  3. Apr 2

    My review of Gitcoin Grants round 9 is out! A major success, but also a lot of interesting challenges in this round that will continue being relevant long into the future.

    203 replies 290 retweets 1,663 likes
    Undo
  4. Mar 23

    The most important scarce resource is legitimacy.

    415 replies 766 retweets 3,903 likes
    Undo
  5. Mar 16

    Thanks for help in guiding me through the various papers!

    88 replies 50 retweets 597 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  6. Mar 16

    An attempt at an explanation-in-pictures for how bulletproof-style polynomial commitments work (relevant to Halo and potentially future ethereum upgrades for better scalability) I welcome feedback! I'm trying to experiment with new approaches to make crypto math more intuitive.

    381 replies 679 retweets 3,807 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  7. Mar 10

    AMA with Japanese community happening now!

    ／ ✨豪華ゲスト登場✨ ＼ 【AMAイベント】宮口あやとヴィタリックにEthereumとEFについてなんでも聞いてみよう！ 3/10 (水) 22:00 ~ 回答者 モデレーター
    211 replies 157 retweets 1,250 likes
    Undo
  8. Retweeted
    Mar 9

    NEW podcast episode is up! "Vitalik Buterin (), Creator of Ethereum, on Understanding Ethereum, ETH vs. BTC, ETH2, Scaling Plans and Timelines, NFTs, Future Considerations, Life Extension, and More (Featuring Naval Ravikant) ()"

    272 replies 937 retweets 4,882 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  9. Retweeted
    Mar 5

    Had a fascinating conversation w/ on my podcast, about: - Why prediction markets favor Trump - Concave vs. convex thinking - The case for life extension - Why Vitalik tries to be an intellectually honest leader ...& more. Audio + transcript:

    81 replies 138 retweets 853 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  10. Mar 4

    A cross-L2 DEX solution that I proposed a few days ago that only requires one side to be smart contract-capable (the other side can just be a simple coin-sending-only rollup or plasma):

    314 replies 629 retweets 3,087 likes
    Undo
  11. Feb 18

    Some reflections on my experiences participating in the prediction markets in this last election, and the nature and limits of rationality, market efficiency, arbitrage and mechanism design:

    401 replies 353 retweets 2,020 likes
    Undo
  12. Feb 15

    A doc detailing a proposal for the first hard fork (tentatively named "HF1", better name pending) of the Ethereum beacon chain. Adds light client support, simplifies the spec, improves efficiency and introduces a less punitive inactivity leak mechanism.

    246 replies 455 retweets 2,163 likes
    Undo
  13. Feb 12

    A "Peep and EIP" session with myself and organized by where we talk about EIP 2929: EIP 2929 and state size management are important work paving the way for making high gas limits (and so lower fees) more safe and sustainable.

    174 replies 246 retweets 1,187 likes
    Undo
  14. Feb 12

    Happy Chinese/Lunar New Year all! 新年快乐, 恭喜发财! Looking forward to a bullish year of the 0x. 🐂🐂 In the meantime, here's a doc I wrote with some of my current thinking around state size management (including rent and statelessness) proposals.

    294 replies 544 retweets 3,311 likes
    Undo
  15. Feb 1

    I sent some! You should too! GiveDirectly is doing great work in distributing funds directly to the world's poorest. They take crypto: (they don't yet take DOGE directly but maybe that can change☺️☺️)

    For those debating a new Ferrari or Lambo with new / gains... can we suggest you give some directly to those living in poverty?
    533 replies 548 retweets 3,304 likes
    Undo
  16. Jan 25

    I make another attempt to explain how zk-SNARKs work, for those who are at least somewhat mathematically inclined but do not yet understand them.

    359 replies 675 retweets 3,081 likes
    Undo
  17. Jan 11

    This is a dangerous moment in a lot of ways, but there's a lot of work to be done!

    342 replies 110 retweets 1,437 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  18. Jan 11

    Another is to try some cool ideas at combining anonymity with persistent reputations, eg. see here: Basically get the benefits of privacy while still keeping a way to hold people accountable, in zero knowledge.

    103 replies 95 retweets 804 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  19. Jan 11

    The crypto space can also participate here. is a great experiment. Another cool experiment would be to try decentralized forums moderated by Kleros. Kleros has already shown its sanity by correctly deciding that Biden has won the election:

    61 replies 83 retweets 520 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  20. Jan 11

    I credit for experimenting here already: tweets with limits on who can reply to them were a great idea. The "quote-tweet-by-default" experiment was a nice try. I wonder what else we can do. Or maybe we just need less tweeting and more long-form (as I am doing in 2021).

    40 replies 29 retweets 531 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  21. Jan 11

    But clearly GIFT is not so simple. Plenty of online interactions are civil, and plenty of non-anonymous interactions are not. Are there ways to tweak the ways that we interact with the internet to make us more pro-social? I think so!

    33 replies 17 retweets 362 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo

@VitalikButerin hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·