Musk Questions Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin's Motives for Quitting Twitter

Tesla CEO and X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk has questioned why Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin left his microblogging platform.

Musk raised the issue after an X user using the pseudonym "Autism Capital" mentioned Buterin's declining engagement on the X platform.

Today, the user suggested on Twitter that Buterin should be more active on the X platform to help Ethereum shine. Autism Capital suggested that Buterin should frequently interact with the crypto community on X, rather than being isolated from his chosen peers on a siloed platform.

Musk's response

Interestingly, this comment caught the attention of Elon Musk, who asked Buterin why he left the X platform, which he acquired in 2022 for $44 billion.

As expected, Musk’s question prompted a series of hilarious responses from crypto enthusiasts. Some users claimed that Buterin’s engagement on Platform X dropped drastically because of Musk’s refusal to enable crypto payments on the platform.

Vitalik Buterin's involvement in X and Farcaster

Autism Capital’s complaint follows a March 17 tweet from Buterin about Farcaster, a decentralized social network popular in the crypto community.

Following the X-user’s call, Buterin posted another tweet on the platform a few hours before press time. In the tweet, Buterin highlighted the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) as an application that could ditch the multisig backdoor.

Instead, the Ethereum co-founder is more active on Farcaster. Last month, Buterin praised the decentralized social media platform as one that will stand the test of time.

That same month, he argued that Farcaster's channels feature made it a better social media platform than X. Buterin has nearly 180,000 followers on Farcaster and more than 5.2 million followers on X.

It is worth noting that most of Buterin’s fans are crypto enthusiasts. Therefore, his posts on the X platform may reach more crypto enthusiasts than on Farcaster. However, the Ethereum founder is often confronted with spam bots and token sales pitches on posts on Platform X, which is one of the reasons why he chooses to spend less time on the platform.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly planning to classify Ethereum as a security

Meanwhile, Ethereum is undergoing an investigation into whether it constitutes a security. The SEC is reportedly stepping up its crackdown on cryptocurrencies, turning its attention to Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap.

The SEC is allegedly planning to classify ETH as a security, years after top agency official Bill Hyman publicly declared that the coin is not a security.

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