PANews reported on December 3 that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin revealed in an interview with Wu Blockchain founder Colin Wu that after the Ethereum mainnet was launched in 2015, the Foundation's funds were nearly depleted, and Huobi purchased 410,000 ETH at $1.2 per unit, a total of $500,000, which may have saved the Ethereum Foundation.
Regarding the cultural differences between Bitcoin and Ethereum, Vitalik stated that the Bitcoin community was very diverse before 2014, but began to split after 2014. Currently, the Bitcoin community is more focused on price, while the Ethereum community is more focused on technological development and public goods construction.
Regarding the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, Vitalik said that this war has profoundly changed his thinking, and he donated $5 million to Ukraine after the outbreak of the war. Currently, due to his public support for Ukraine, he may face the situation of being unable to return to Russia.
