Vitalik Buterin says that money, blockchain identities, decentralized finance (DeFi), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and hybrid applications are the top developments he is excited about in the Ethereum ecosystem.
The coffee shop owner obliged, and showed me the QR code for his Binance deposit address, to which I sent about $20 of ETH from my Status wallet on my phone."
Honestly I think we emphasize flashy defi things that give you fancy high interest rates way too much.
vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) June 20, 2020 Next, Buterin praised the rise of blockchain identification methods, such as Sign In With Ethereum (SIWE), and their ability to enhance user privacy. "
Many of the more stable and boring applications do not get built because there is less excitement and less short-term profit to be earned around them: the LUNA market cap got to over $30 billion, while stablecoins striving for robustness and simplicity often get largely ignored for years," he wrote.
The upgrade is scheduled for the second half of 2023.
Source: Contelegraph