Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Concerned About Elon Musk’s Twitter Plan
Vitalik Buterin. Source: a video screenshot, Grand Amphi Théatre / YouTube Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared a scam-related concern over Tesla and Twitter chief Elon Musk's blue check system, but said that there may be a solution. On November 1, following statements that a blue checkmark on Twitter for verified users could cost its owners $20 a month, Musk announced that it will be $8 after all. "Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bullshit," he tweeted. Buterin, however, commented on this announcement, specifically about the potential for scams. How well this new, Musk-developed system would work depends on "exactly how much due diligence is done" to ensure that those behind the blue checkmarks are indeed who they claim to be, he said in a tweet. That said, there is a 'but'. Buterin followed his statement up with: ""Pay $8/month and call yourse...