In a move that’s more surprising than a cat in a hat, Ethereum’s own Vitalik Buterin has decided to part ways with a hefty sum of 16,384 ETH. One might wonder if he’s planning to buy a small island or just starting a very expensive hobby. The funds are earmarked for projects the Ethereum Foundation can no longer pretend to handle with their usual flair.
Vitalik, ever the picador of austerity, announced that the EF is slipping into a “period of mild austerity,” which sounds about as fun as watching paint dry but is presumably meant to keep the lights on for the next five years. The Foundation’s attempting to straddle the twin beasts of aggressive development and long-term financial stability-like walking a tightrope while juggling flaming swords, or so one imagines.
“My own share of the austerity is that I am personally taking on responsibilities that might in another time have been ‘special projects’ of the EF,” quoth Buterin, sounding as modest as a duke at a garden party.
What 16,384 ETH Will Fund (Besides a Yacht or Two)
These digital ducats are destined for open-source projects targeting privacy, security, and decentralization-because nothing screams “fun” quite like cryptography at a garden party.
Vitalik threw in Vensa-a project to make open silicon feasible for security-critical applications-and mentioned ucritter, now bursting with ZK, FHE, and differential-privacy features, which are fancy ways of saying “more secure than a bank vault during a heist.”
Donations to encrypted messaging apps and privacy weapons are also part of his master plan, which sounds like the digital version of hiding behind a hedge with a mystery novel.
He’s also pondering decentralized staking, envisioning rewards that seem as though they might, just maybe, be put to good use-like funding a quest for world peace or possibly just another round at the old pub.
‘Ethereum for People Who Need It’ – Because Wall Street Has Enough
Buterin has made it clear-mass adoption is now yesterday’s news. Now it’s all about the “everyday Joe and Jane,” giving them tools for autonomy that make the government look like amateurs.
“‘Ethereum everywhere’ is nice, but the primary priority is ‘Ethereum for people who need it,’” he clucked, as serious as a bishop at vespers. “Not corposlop, but self-sovereignty, and the baseline infrastructure that enables cooperation without domination.”
In other words, he’s on a mission to arm the commoners and communities with rights and tools, because apparently just living your life should be as simple as clicking “accept cookies.”
The Next Chapter for Ethereum Foundation
The EF is sticking close to its knitting-performance, scalability, and decentralization-because without those, what’s the point, really? It’s still committed to its grand vision of openness and verifiability, because why not stick to the script?
Developers on the social media platform X are pretty chuffed, one even praising the “auditable trust from hardware to UI”-a euphemism for making sure your toaster isn’t secretly plotting against you.
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