Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Says His Creation Can't Succeed Unless He Takes a Step Back

An anonymous reader shares a report: When you ask him about the challenges facing the blockchain system he founded five years ago, Vitalik Buterin often launches into a rapid-fire lecture full of Ethereum-specific jargon. But ask him about his own role in the technology's future, and he quickly becomes more circumspect. There's no doubt that Buterin, 24, is still the guiding light for the idealistic community that has sprung up around his creation. That's been front and center this week in Prague, where thousands of developers, investors, and entrepreneurs have gathered for Devcon, the annual 'family reunion' organized by the nonprofit Ethereum Foundation. The most popular discussion topic is Buterin's vision for 'Ethereum 2.0,' a future iteration meant to be capable of operating efficiently at a much larger scale -- and appeal to a much broader user base -- than it can today. But in a conversation with MIT Technology Review on the sidelines of Devcon, Buterin said it's time for him to start fading into the background as 'a necessary part of the growth of the community.'

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