{"id":671472,"date":"2025-05-26T15:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/ethereum-co-founder-responds-to-swedens-cashless-society-rethink\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T15:05:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:05:17","slug":"ethereum-co-founder-responds-to-swedens-cashless-society-rethink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/ethereum-co-founder-responds-to-swedens-cashless-society-rethink\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum co-founder responds to Sweden\u2019s cashless-society rethink"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjUtMDEvMDE5NDdhNjItMWY1Ny03YmZhLWJmZjYtNWZmMjA2YzIxZWYz.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\">\n                    <\/p>\n<p>Vitalik Buterin said there are ways Ethereum can function as a financial fallback in times of instability through hardware solutions.<\/p>\n<p><p>As Sweden rethinks its push toward a cashless society, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin highlighted the fragility of centralized digital payments and the opportunity presented for decentralized payment alternatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Sweden has led the charge toward a cashless future, with digital payment platforms becoming widespread. However, as concerns over cyber-threats, civil defense and instability emerged, Swedish authorities are now actively encouraging citizens to keep cash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Buterin highlighted that the reversal highlights that while centralized solutions may be efficient, they may not be reliable in times of crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<\/p>\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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As Sweden rethinks its push toward a cashless society, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin highlighted the fragility of centralized digital payments and the opportunity presented for decentralized payment alternatives.\u00a0 In recent years, Sweden has led the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":671473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=1200\/https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2025-01\/01947a62-1f57-7bfa-bff6-5ff206c21ef3","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[74894,75583,74863,75159,74891,74889,75995,74355,11719],"class_list":["post-671472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-blockchain","tag-cash","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-digital-currency","tag-ethereum","tag-payments","tag-vitalik-buterin","tag-adoption","tag-sweden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}