Why Vitalik Buterin Worries About Elon's Twitter Blue Tick Update?

Vitalik Buterin Alarms About Blue Tick Anti-Scam

The blue checkmark is currently only available to a small percentage of users, as determined by Twitter itself.

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According to Musk, the new system will allow anyone to pay $8 per month.

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Elon Musk tweeted, “Power to the people! Blue for $8/month.”

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Following this, Vitalik Buterin, co-founders of Ethereum, says it could be a problem because it interferes with Blue Check's Anti-Scam role.

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Buterin added, if there will be an additional verification method, the result will be "very different."

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Amid this criticism, Vitalik defended the new system, saying charging $8 per month was fine.

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After the Twitter deal closed, Elon Musk began actively managing the social media platform almost immediately.

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