PROOF OF STAKE

At only nineteen years old Vitalik Buterinpublished a visionary paper outlining the ideas behindwhat would become Ethereum. He proposed to take whatBitcoin did for currency – to end the central control ofgovernments and corporations – and apply it to societyas a whole. Now less than a decade later Ethereumis the second-most-valuable cryptocurrency and hasopened the gates for the extraordinary new world ofNFT artworks virtual real estate in the metaverse anddecentralised autonomous organisations.The essays in Proof of Stake reveal Buterin as a livelycreative thinker relentlessly curious and adventurousin exploring the fascinating social economic and politicalpossibilities of his invention and will guide futuregenerations of Ethereum’s community of radicalsand builders.