Vitalik Buterin reflects on the Bitcoin block size war

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Vitalik Buterin, one of the creators of Ethereum, has pondered about the Bitcoin block size conflicts that occurred between 2015 and 2017. These conflicts were centered on the goal of increasing Bitcoin’s block size limit from 1 MB in order to accommodate a greater number of transactions, lower costs, and improve its effectiveness as a payment system. At first, he backed the “big blockers” faction, which advocated for bigger blocks

Vitalik Buterin says crypto “needs time to mature” before full adoption

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Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, joined the ongoing discussion on cryptocurrency regulation over the weekend. Sam Bankman-Fried, the CEO of FTX, has come under fire for his opinions regarding DeFi regulation. After stating that it “feels unfair to let other people get attacked by CT but never actually poke my own head out,” Buterin made the decision to express his ideas. According to Vitalik, the cryptocurrency sector needs more