Vitalik Buterin during AMA criticized the community’s growing tolerance for “casinos”

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin criticized the community’s growing tolerance for blockchain “casinos,” implying that such practices contradict crypto’s original values.

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Feb 20, 2025 - 8:00am

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Buterin also said that if the community continues on with this “moral reversal,” he would no longer participate in the Ethereum ecosystem

I feel like I have a responsibility to this community and can’t abandon them

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin expressed his disappointment with some ETH community members and thought it was “bad” that the ecosystem was too welcoming for “casinos.”

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