Vitalik Buterin stated that Ethereum must replicate the reliability of physical cash by offering a decentralized, private, and resilient payment option

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Canadian programmer Vitalik Buterin has taken to the X social media network to stress that Ethereum should stay resilient and private in order to be able to continue competing with cash.

Vitalik wrote, “Cash turns out necessary as a backup. Ethereum needs to be resilient enough, and private enough, to be able to credibly play this kind of role.”