“I do not believe in the Proof-of-Work!”, Said Vitalik Buterin, causing a barrage of criticism of

The other day, the creator of Ethereum Vitaly Buterin caused a storm in Twitter, saying that he does not believe in Proof-of-Work . He shared his opinion in the comments on the tweet of the famous Bitcoin evangelist and BHB Network CEO Giacomo Zucco.

Zukko's tweet looked like this :

“Noukoineri do not believe in anything (nihilism). Multicoiners believe in everything (gullibility). Bitcoiners believe in something (reason). ”

To which Buterin replied :

“I do not believe in Proof-of-Work!”

I don't believe in proof of work!

– Vitalik Non-giver of Ether (@VitalikButerin) December 25, 2018

Representatives of the crypto-community reacted to this statement with multiple comments, mostly critical.

So, one of the commentators, Crypto Domains, pointed out the absurdity of Buterin’s statement, comparing it with the lack of faith in oxygen.

"I do not believe in oxygen, but I will use it until I figure out how to breathe CO2."

I’ll not be able to breathe CO2. ”

– Crypto Domains Inc (@CryptoDomainInc) December 25, 2018

Zucco added :

“… to sell our new brilliant replacement of the respiratory system to illiterate investors with the help of pseudoscientific marketing, based entirely on lies about how bad the current respiratory systems are and how well the theories on CO2 breathing are justified.”

There were sarcastic comments :

"I do not believe in Santa Claus"
"I do not believe in Ethereum"
"Fortunately, the bitcoin sidechains make Ethereum obsolete, so people do not need to believe in you."
"Of course, the Proof-of-Scam is much more efficient."

And surprised :

“Isn't Ethereum working on PoW?”

“Then why are you using it for Ethereum?” Like a ploy to make unsuspecting people invest? ”

Well-known cryptanalyst and investor Jimmy Song also participated in the discussion, saying that he "does not believe in Vitalik."

Buterin himself did not enter into discussions and did not add anything else to his words.

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