Ethereum Founder States Token-Based Decentralized Governance Stops DeFi Secto...

Ethereum Founder States Token-Based Decentralized Governance Stops DeFi Secto...

Ethereum Creator suggests “proof-of-participation” and “proof-of-humanity” as the alternatives for the present coin voting. However, there is more to DeFi than what is happening now, he asserts. Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum, has taken an in-depth assessment of the token-based decentralized government. He suggests that the present voting structure is defective. As a result, […]


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