Buterin reflected on his work with the Chinese-speaking crypto community, spanning the 2013 Bitcoin mining era to RANDAO (randomized on-chain selection method), ZK (zero-knowledge cryptography), and AI.
Vitalik Buterin said his experience with the Chinese-speaking crypto community stretches from the 2013 Bitcoin mining period through later work involving RANDAO (randomized on-chain selection method), ZK (zero-knowledge cryptography), and AI. He encouraged builders in that community to pursue ideas that differ from earlier Ethereum work, adding that such efforts do not need to include Ethereum. The remarks point to an openness to independent experimentation, a recurring feature in crypto development where new technical approaches often emerge outside a single blockchain ecosystem.