Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum co-creator.
Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum cryptocurrency, has been a driving force in how cryptos are perceived outside of the geek circles.
The frail looking 23 year old Russian co-created Ethereum, a decentralized mining network and software development platform, to overcome the restrictions imposed on Bitcoin.
In August, Vitalik Buterin made a statement about the valuation of domain extensions, and .com in particular, saying:
In 2017, .io and .me are hot and cool, .com is established, but stale and boring.
During the ensuing discussion on Twitter, Drew Rosener responded via his Media Options account:
.io is cool, no doubt I like it for residential RE; If you want to build a skycraper you need a solid foundation w/ a .COM #trust #security
Followed with:
Especially for crypto currency companies, I think it is irresponsible to use anything but .com because of email security & spoofing and risk
Vitalik Buterin is aware of the availability of Ethereum.com for sale, a domain that was first registered in 2006.
The current asking price of $10 million USD for Ethereum.com, might be prohibitive for the .com’s biggest – if not sole – potential buyer, the Ethereum Foundation.
If Vitalik Buterin doesn’t care that much about the .com, it’s because his programming and open-source background potentially defines other business priorities.
