# Vitalik Buterin on Reddit (u/vbuterin)

Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/vitalik-buterin

Vitalik Buterin: Co-founder of Ethereum.

- Reddit account: [u/vbuterin](https://www.reddit.com/user/vbuterin/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [His technical AMA in r/ethereum, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/o9s15i/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/ethereum (13), r/btc (4), r/ethtrader (4), r/worldnews (2), r/CryptoCurrency (2), r/Bitcoin (1)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2013 to 2022
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalik_Buterin

## Moments

### u/vbuterin in r/CryptoCurrency, Nov 22, 2022 · Funny

Replying to the post "Vitalik Buterin is Considering Reddit as an Alternative to Twitter for Himself After the Implementation of the Blue Checkmark Monthly Fee".

> "Considering"? I've been on reddit for over a decade!

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/z1vkh5/vitalik_buterin_is_considering_reddit_as_an/ixe3qn4/ · 1,539 points as of Nov 7, 2026

### u/vbuterin in r/ethtrader, Jan 18, 2021 · Personal story

Replying to the post "The origin of ETH is quite strange".

> It was a joke. Or rather, that experience with WoW that I had was 100% real, but the idea that the WoW experience specifically led to a decade-long bloodlust against centralization is a joke.

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/kzq662/the_origin_of_eth_is_quite_strange/gjptroe/ · 582 points as of Nov 7, 2026