Ethereum Co-founder Discusses Platform Upgrades and India's Developer Role at Devcon 8
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, visiting India for Devcon 8, highlighted the platform's future upgrades focused on performance, decentralization, and security through technologies like zero-knowledge proofs and AI. He praised India's growing developer community for shifting towards advanced blockchain concepts and emphasized that Ethereum's adoption roadmap in India depends on local developers, with the Foundation providing technical support rather than direct intervention. Buterin also noted that recent cyberattacks on crypto exchanges may lead to tighter regulations.
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moneycontrol broke this story on 4 Nov, 11:47 am. Other outlets followed.