# Vitalik

Vitalik Buterin is championing a return to decentralized social media in 2026, criticizing current platforms for chasing speculative bubbles over genuine communication. He also proposes enhancing Ethereum's security with native DVT and quantum-resistant cryptography.

### About Vitalik
Vitalik Buterin is a co-founder of Ethereum and a prominent figure in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space.  

### Top Vitalik News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

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"Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Going All-In on Decentralized Social Media as Farcaster Lens Change Hands - Decrypt The decentralized social media landscape is rapidly shifting. Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin encouraged users to stick with it"  
[News Link](https://decrypt.co/355335/ethereum-vitalik-buterin-decentralized-social-media-farcaster-lens-change-hands) [@DecryptMedia](/creator/x/DecryptMedia) 2026-01-22T02:00Z 236.2K followers, [----] engagements


"Vitalik Buterin Calls for Return to Decentralized Social Ethereum's co-founderVitalik Buterin has renewed his push for decentralized social media arguing that competition rather than engagement-maximising algorithms or speculative tokens is essential to building healthier mass communication systems"  
[News Link](https://cryptonews.com/news/vitalik-buterin-calls-for-return-to-decentralized-social-warns-against-corposlop-crypto-platforms/) [@cryptonews](/creator/x/cryptonews) 2026-01-21T08:29Z 152.4K followers, [---] engagements


"Vitalik Buterin Founders Fund Back Polymarket in $45 Million Funding Round Polymarket raises $45M in Series B funding led by Founders Fund and Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin boosting total to $75M"  
[News Link](https://coingape.com/vitalik-buterin-founders-fund-back-polymarket-in-45-million-funding-round/) [@CoinGapeMedia](/creator/x/CoinGapeMedia) 2025-09-25T17:52Z 88.9K followers, 288.3K engagements


"Polymarket raises $70M from Vitalik Buterin Founders Fund Explore the latest $70 million investment in Polymarket led by Peter Thiels Founders Fund and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin"  
[News Link](https://cointelegraph.com/news/founders-fund-invests-70m-polymarket-election-betting) [@Cointelegraph](/creator/x/Cointelegraph) 2024-09-05T18:03Z 2.9M followers, 289.1K engagements



### Top Vitalik Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

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"Little known fact: $ETOR CEO Yoni Assia co-wrote the "Colored Coins Whitepaper" with $ETH founder Vitalik back in [----] The document was one of the first pieces about tokenization of real-world assets. Tokenization is at the forefront of Etoro $ETOR 👀"  
[X Link](https://x.com/CarioCapital/status/2014162227788443722) [@CarioCapital](/creator/x/CarioCapital) 2026-01-22T02:24Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The decentralized social media landscape is rapidly shifting. Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin encouraged users to stick with it. https://decrypt.co/355335/ethereum-vitalik-buterin-decentralized-social-media-farcaster-lens-change-hands https://decrypt.co/355335/ethereum-vitalik-buterin-decentralized-social-media-farcaster-lens-change-hands"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DecryptMedia/status/2014156162095054880) [@DecryptMedia](/creator/x/DecryptMedia) 2026-01-22T02:00Z 236.1K followers, [----] engagements


"UPDATE: 🔥 Moodeng On Ethereum ( $MoodengETH ) is one of the projects that Vitalik holds as valuable in his wallet. Ethereum Enter God Mode in [----] Vitalik Buterin shares about his vision for [----] as a big turnaround year for the Ethereum blockchain: [--]. Bringing Back User Control (Self-Sovereignty and Trustlessness) ❌Problem Ethereum was designed so anyone could run their own "node" (a https://t.co/8mJV6vl8oG Ethereum Enter God Mode in [----] Vitalik Buterin shares about his vision for [----] as a big turnaround year for the Ethereum blockchain: [--]. Bringing Back User Control (Self-Sovereignty and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/DaenggTiro/status/2014154355587391739) [@DaenggTiro](/creator/x/DaenggTiro) 2026-01-22T01:53Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"early first principles thinkers who formalised a problem others havent yet recognised and build the reference implementation invested in the new vitalik at [--] invested in the new vitalik at 16"  
[X Link](https://x.com/px_721/status/2014136130384404984) [@px_721](/creator/x/px_721) 2026-01-22T00:40Z [----] followers, 21K engagements

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