{"id":27365,"date":"2020-08-17T17:47:26","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T14:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=27365"},"modified":"2025-08-26T20:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:22:11","slug":"vitalik-buterin-ethereum-2-0-has-proven-to-be-a-tougher-challenge-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/vitalik-buterin-ethereum-2-0-has-proven-to-be-a-tougher-challenge-than-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum 2.0 has proven to be a tougher challenge than expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he has no doubt about the transition to ETH 2.0. This is possible despite the greater technical challenges involved. He shared his reflections on Peter McCormack&#8217;s popular Bitcoin podcast.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\\\"lazy\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bTyV0yrsKjo\\\" width=\\\"560\\\" height=\\\"315\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" allowfullscreen=\\\"allowfullscreen\\\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I have no trouble admitting that Ethereum 2.0 has proven more technically challenging than we expected. But I am convinced that we have not found any fundamental flaws that would make its implementation impossible. It&#8217;s only a matter of time, and progress has been evident lately,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is how the Ethereum co-founder answered the host&#8217;s question about whether he feels that the project he created has become significantly more complex than the original idea and could crack under the burden.<\/p>\n<p>Buterin noted that some Ethereum projects may become part of history, while others will succeed. But these processes will be independent of each other.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;If Ethereum tries to fit into one space and proves not particularly useful there, applications built on it in other sectors will continue to operate,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The discussion, which also included Blockstream&#8217;s chief strategy officer Samson Mow, was built around assessing the ability of the developers of the second-largest cryptocurrency to fulfil their numerous promises.<\/p>\n<p>The staunch Bitcoin maximalist Mow criticised Ethereum supporters for apparently changing the project\u2019s goals without acknowledging its experimental nature. He also questioned whether there is a clear understanding within the community of what Ethereum is.<\/p>\n<h2>World computer or money after all?<\/h2>\n<p>Buterin noted that non-financial applications have been an integral part of the project since Ethereum&#8217;s creation. He said that the claim that the second-largest cryptocurrency is money came from outside. Buterin added that neither he nor anyone else in the Ethereum Foundation said so.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in July, Vitalik Buterin shared a screenshot of a code snippet for merging a functioning blockchain with ETH 2.0. The day before, in the Ethereum 2.0 testnet, <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/unplanned-fork-on-the-ethereum-2-0-testnet\">occurred<\/a> an unplanned fork.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to the ForkLog channel on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\"> YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said he has no doubt about the transition to ETH 2.0. This is possible despite the greater technical challenges involved. 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