Contradictory Vitalik Buterin Says He Wants a More Bitcoin-like Ethereum

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Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has touched on some of the contradictions in his thoughts and values that he hasn't resolved yet. 

In the first place, the Ethereum mastermind acknowledged that he wants a more Bitcoin (BTC)-like Ethereum with a focus on long-term stability. However, he said achieving that requires a lot of short-term change. 

"Contradiction between my desire to see Ethereum become a more Bitcoin-like system emphasizing long-term stability and stability, including culturally, and my realization that getting there requires quite a lot of active coordinated short-term change," he said.

Meanwhile, a popular Ethereum analyst, known on Twitter as Polynya, replied that "to attain long-term stability, short-term change is necessary."

"Unlike Bitcoin, whose premature ossification means there’ll always be fundamental flaws, and it’ll be much harder to resolve later than sooner. So, build a robust system first, ossify second," Polynya said.

Nearly seven years ago, Buterin created Ethereum as a way to leverage the blockchain technology for all sorts of use cases, contrary to Bitcoin which was meant to utilize the technology to act as a "purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash."

However, throughout the years, he has seemingly developed an appreciation for Bitcoin's simplicity and its quest to be simply a decentralized, reliable currency. 

And now, after this recent Twitter thread on contradictions, some crypto industry observers were wondering, whether Buterin was really joking when he published a blog post "In Defense of Bitcoin Maximalism" on April 1. In the article, he was praising the Bitcoin community’s commitment to caution and their willingness to defend the flagship cryptocurrency even with