{"id":248342,"date":"2021-05-13T05:07:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T02:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ethereum-co-creator-donates-1-billion-in-crypto-for-india-covid-19-relief\/"},"modified":"2021-05-13T05:07:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T02:07:00","slug":"ethereum-co-creator-donates-1-billion-in-crypto-for-india-covid-19-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethereum-co-creator-donates-1-billion-in-crypto-for-india-covid-19-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  Ethereum co-creator donates $1 billion in crypto for India COVID-19 relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f7aa820ae7\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f7aa820ae7\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethereum-co-creator-donates-1-billion-in-crypto-for-india-covid-19-relief\/#Vitalik_Buterin_made_donation_of_507_trillion_Shiba_Inu_coins\" >Vitalik Buterin made donation of 50.7 trillion Shiba Inu coins<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethereum-co-creator-donates-1-billion-in-crypto-for-india-covid-19-relief\/#Caitlin_Ostroff_and\" >Caitlin Ostroff and<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethereum-co-creator-donates-1-billion-in-crypto-for-india-covid-19-relief\/#Paul_Vigna\" >Paul Vigna<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  Ethereum co-creator donates $1 billion in crypto for India COVID-19 relief<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vitalik_Buterin_made_donation_of_507_trillion_Shiba_Inu_coins\"><\/span>\n  Vitalik Buterin made donation of 50.7 trillion Shiba Inu coins<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\">\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000267797\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Vitalik Buterin, co-creator of the crypto network Ethereum<br \/>\n        ETHUSD,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/108573964\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-2.95%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       donated more than $1 billion on Wednesday to a relief fund to combat the spread of Covid-19 in India.<\/p>\n<p> At least, it was $1 billion when he made the donation \u2014 in a cryptocurrency that few had heard of and whose value plunged right after <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> of the donation spread.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       In more conventional terms, the donation would rank among the philanthropy\u2019s biggest strokes. But little is conventional: The currency, Shiba Inu coin, has been around for less than a year, and is one of a bevy of alternative cryptocurrencies that have exploded in popularity and price in recent months. Its value changes wildly by the hour. Unlike with cash, or even bitcoin<br \/>\n        BTCUSD,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/108573962\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-7.88%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       it is hard to use Shiba Inu coin to buy things.<\/p>\n<p>The most prominent alt-coin is dogecoin<br \/>\n        DOGEUSD,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/226077044\/realtime\" class=\"negative\">-5.93%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       created as a joke in the fad for bitcoin doppelg\u00e4ngers. Shiba Inu is a joke on a joke, named for\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/what-is-dogecoin-how-to-say-it-and-why-its-no-longer-a-joke-thanks-elon-11612820776?mod=article_inline\" class=\"icon none\">the dog breed that is the dogecoin\u2019s masco<\/a>t.<\/p>\n<p>The donation surfaced in publicly available transaction records, which show that an account associated with Buterin sent some 50.7 trillion Shiba Inu coin to an account associated with the India Covid-Crypto Relief Fund. The transfer originated from an account that Buterin, in a 2018 post on his verified <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> account, said was his.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ethereum-luminary-makes-1-billion-covid-19-donationin-shiba-inu-coin-11620862550?mod=mktw\" class=\"icon none\">An expanded version of this report appears on WSJ.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also popular on WSJ.com:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/housing-market-surge-is-making-the-cheapest-homes-the-hottest-11620811980?mod=mktw\" class=\"icon none\">Housing-market surge is making the cheapest homes the hottest.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/cheating-at-school-is-easier-than-everand-its-rampant-11620828004?mod=mktw\" class=\"icon none\">Cheating at school is easier than ever\u2014and it\u2019s rampant.<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Caitlin Ostroff\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Caitlin_Ostroff_and\"><\/span>Caitlin Ostroff and<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\" Paul Vigna \",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Paul_Vigna\"><\/span> Paul Vigna <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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