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Author: Admin | 2025-04-28
Data shows the Ethereum co-founder has nabbed the highest share of “KOL mindshare” on X this week, posting about Ethereum’s roadmap and defending against Ethereum critics. 4719 Total views 6 Total shares Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has held the top spot in “KOL mindshare” for the last week on Crypto X amid a flood of criticism of the blockchain and the Ethereum Foundation. According to Andy, host of the crypto show The Rollup, who cited data from Kaito AI, the “wartime mode” Buterin had the highest relative KOL mindshare over the past seven days at 1.69%, followed by Helius Labs CEO Mert Mumtaz at 1.18%. Buterin was forced to write a lengthy post on X recently, defending the Ethereum Foundation’s routine sale of Ether (ETH). Source: Andy / Kaito AISlamming the critics, Buterin said the sales are used to pay Ethereum developers and researchers in exchange for maintaining the network’s proof-of-stake mechanism, allowing transaction inclusion in less than 30 seconds at low fees, allowing privacy features with zero-knowledge proofs and keeping the network running with no downtime since 2016. He said: “Show some respect.”Source: Vitalik ButerinAsked why the Ethereum Foundation doesn’t stake all of its Ether and use the revenue to cover costs instead of selling, Buterin said the Ethereum Foundation wants to avoid being forced to make an “official choice” in the event of a contentious hard fork.Still, Buterin said the Ethereum Foundation is exploring other methods to engage with staking, including issuing grants in staked Ether that would
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