Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin Talks About What He Is Thankful for in 2018

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On Monday (31 December 2018), Vitalik Buterin, the highly gifted Russian-Canadian computer programmer who created Ethereum (ETH), took to Twitter to talk about some of the things he was thankful for in 2018.

He started his tweetstorm with the following tweet to explain whay he was doing this:

I’d like to follow @cryptochamomile‘s tradition and end the year with praise for groups I either consider outgroups or otherwise don’t normally praise, both inside and outside the crypto space…

— Vitalik Non-giver of Ether (@VitalikButerin) December 31, 2018

Here are some of the things that Vitalik proceeded to praise:

5. National fiat currencies have for the last few decades done a reasonably good job of being stable, and deserve credit for this. Monetary policy is complicated!

— Vitalik Non-giver of Ether (@VitalikButerin) December 31, 2018

6. The governments of the world have so far successfully maintained what is despite the noise a mostly peaceful and stable world order since 1945 that has facilitated over 1 billion people climbing out of extreme poverty and many more being born lucky to never enter it.

— Vitalik Non-giver of Ether (@VitalikButerin) December 31, 2018

7. The Trump administration… is now supporting a seemingly totally sensible and needed criminal justice reform bill: https://t.co/IoU1sKb6tQ

— Vitalik Non-giver of Ether (@VitalikButerin) December 31, 2018

8. The many centralized apps I use (including Twitter itself!) do a great job of being convenient and easy to use.

— Vitalik Non-giver of Ether (@VitalikButerin) December 31, 2018

10. @davidgerard, @JorgeStolfi and friends at /r/buttcoin provide a much-needed service in shedding light on the crypto space’s worst excesses, and good crypto communities should welcome their scrutiny.

— Vitalik Non-giver of Ether (@VitalikButerin) December 31, 2018

12. Proof of work does a really good job of being simple and explainable to high school students.

— Vitalik Non-giver of Ether (@VitalikButerin) December 31, 2018

And here are a couple of the more interesting reactions from the crypto community on Twitter:

Vitalik thanks the teethless buttcoiners but not actual analysts like @nic__carter, @hugohanoi, @hasufl, @BobMcElrath, @Galois_Capital, etc…

— Tuur Demeester (@TuurDemeester) December 31, 2018