Vitalik ButerininInfinitismERC 4337: account abstraction without Ethereum protocol changesAccount abstraction has for a long time been a dream of the Ethereum developer community. Instead of EVM code just being used to implement…7 min read·Sep 29, 2021--30--30
Vitalik ButerinCantor was Wrong: debunking the infinite set hierarchyBy Vitalik Buterin, PhD at University of Basel3 min read·Apr 1, 2019--27--27
Vitalik ButerinLiberation Through Radical DecentralizationBy Vitalik Buterin and Glen Weyl5 min read·May 21, 2018--51--51
Vitalik ButerinSafety Under Dynamic Validator SetsTraditional consensus algorithms, whether they operate in a synchronous, partially asynchronous or fully asynchronous network model, and…9 min read·Mar 4, 2017--3--3
Vitalik ButerinMinimal Slashing ConditionsLast week Yoichi released a blog post detailing the process of formally proving safety and liveness properties of my “minimal slashing…14 min read·Mar 2, 2017--16--16
Vitalik ButerinThe Meaning of Decentralization“Decentralization” is one of the words that is used in the cryptoeconomics space the most frequently, and is often even viewed as a…11 min read·Feb 6, 2017--92--92
Vitalik ButerinZk-SNARKs: Under the HoodThis is the third part of a series of articles explaining how the technology behind zk-SNARKs works; the previous articles on quadratic…10 min read·Feb 3, 2017--16--16
Vitalik ButerinExploring Elliptic Curve PairingsTrigger warning: math.14 min read·Jan 16, 2017--21--21
Vitalik ButerinParametrizing Casper: the decentralization/finality time/overhead tradeoffAs Casper continues to reach an increasingly stabilized form, there has been increased interest in the various parameters that are going to…8 min read·Jan 15, 2017--5--5
Vitalik ButerinA Proof of Stake Design PhilosophySystems like Ethereum (and Bitcoin, and NXT, and Bitshares, etc) are a fundamentally new class of cryptoeconomic organisms — decentralized…7 min read·Dec 30, 2016--56--56