Vitalik Buterin distanced himself from participation in the next Ethereum update

The first part of the next Ethereum update entitled Istanbul is scheduled for October 16th. Last week, the developers finalized a list of six different code changes that will be triggered during the hard fork..

Unlike previous updates, the founder of the platform Vitalik Buterin does not take an active part in the discussions, the Decrypt portal notes..

"This happened with zero involvement of the Great Dictator ™", - wrote Buterin on Twitter, in this way commenting on the accusations that have poured on him due to excessive influence on previous hard forks. “Vitalik is in charge”: ETH is centralized! Vitalik is "in charge": Vitalik plays Dan Larimer! ", - he said in November 2018.

Since then, Buterin has noticeably distanced himself from the project, which is preparing for the transition to the second stage of its development. He notes that much of the research is being done by other developers, including Danny Ryan, Justin Drake, and Xiao-Wei Wang. The preparation for Istanbul is being led by the team of Peter Siladya.

Some consider the absence of Buterin a negative factor. “Vitalik has a brilliant mind. I would prefer that he interfere with his ideas, rather than step aside for political reasons, ”said Siladji.

Buterin, however, does not intend to leave. He has previously stated that he is giving up the need to participate in the project, but will not stop posting blog posts or suggesting code changes for blockchain Ethereum on github.

The second part of Istanbul is preparing to launch early next year and will contain another set of changes. These include the ProgPoW algorithm, intended for reducing the advantage of specialized mining equipment over publicly available. It is, however, subject to further discussion, with or without Buterin's participation..

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среда, 16 декабря 2020 г.