Bankless founder Ryan Sean Adams believes that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin should be nominated for a Nobel prize in economics due to his contributions to the field. Adams criticizes mainstream economists for ignoring Buterin's work and predicts that future generations will recognize their oversight. During a podcast, econ professors Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen also praise Buterin's insights on crypto topics and claim that no other economist has as much to say on the subject. Buterin has successfully challenged the regression theorem proposed by Ludwig von Mises, which suggests that money derives value from historical use with intrinsic value. While Buterin's contributions to the mechanism design of Ethereum are notable, it is unlikely that the Nobel Committee would choose such unconventional winners. The most recent recipients of the Nobel Prize in Economics, awarded in 2024, focused on the relationship between economic development and societal institutions.



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