VITALIK BUTERIN

Whereas most technologies tend to automate workers on the periphery doing menial tasks, blockchains automate away the center. Instead of putting the taxi driver out of a job, blockchain puts Uber out of a job and lets the taxi drivers work with the customer directly.

The Ethereum protocol was not originally designed as a currency. It was designed as a general-purpose blockchain.

I would rather Ethereum die than see it become something that sacrifices its values.

Cypherpunks write code. The rest write manifestos.

Proof of stake is not just a consensus mechanism. It is a way of reducing the environmental cost of a blockchain to near zero.

Bitcoin is great as a form of digital money, but its scripting language is too weak for anything else. That is why I created Ethereum.