Vitalik Buterin wants Ethereum to compete with Bitcoin as a store of value
Original headlineVitalik Buterin souhaite qu'Ethereum concurrence Bitcoin en tant que réserve de valeur
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Vitalik Buterin published a series of posts on Sunday arguing that Ethereum’s ether (ETH) should be framed as a store of value comparable to Bitcoin (BTC), rather than as a deflationary token whose thesis rests mainly on burning transaction fees. The intervention from Ethereum’s cofounder is an attempt to redefine the network’s economic narrative and shift how investors value ETH. The article did not specify price levels, total value locked, trading volumes or market capitalization. It matters because it signals a possible pivot in Ethereum’s monetary story away from fee-burn-driven scarcity and toward a Bitcoin-style reserve-asset pitch. What to watch next is whether the Ethereum community and core developers formally embrace that framing in future protocol and monetary-policy discussions.
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