Georgios Konstantopoulos of Paradigm and Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, engaged in a discussion about the underutilization of the crypto market and the potential of blockchain. Konstantopoulos suggested that self-service onboarding, user-signed requests, and stablecoins could democratize authentication on decentralized platforms. Buterin emphasized Ethereum's founding philosophy, positioning the ETH address as a universal tool for authorization. Buterin also addressed concerns regarding the sale of altcoins by the Ethereum Foundation, as the price of ETH dropped by 13% and its year-to-date gains are only 8.5%. Critics questioned the foundation's approach of regularly selling ETH instead of holding it. Buterin explained that avoiding an official stance during potential hard forks is a reason for not staking all holdings, but Ethereum is exploring alternatives like grants and distributing authority and resources across multiple organizations.



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