Ethereum Founder Vitalik Buterin Meets With Former Argentine President, What's On The Agenda?

Vitalik Buterin menemui mantan Presiden Argentina (Hch.tv)

JAKARTA – Ethereum (ETH) founder Vitalik Buterin reportedly met personally with former Argentine President Mauricio Macri on the sidelines of a crypto event held in Buenos Aires. The event was organized by the web3 protocol The Graph to celebrate the first anniversary of the project's mainnet launch as reported by CryptoPotato.

The former President of Argentina posted his meeting with Buterin on his Twitter account on December 18 yesterday. The two discussed the opportunities that crypto and blockchain provide. Macri also called Ethereum one of the “most innovative” decentralized technologies of the century.

Encuentro fascinante con Vitalik Buterin, creador de Ethereum, una de las tecnologias descentralizadas más innovadoras de nuestro siglo. Su moneda Ether es una de las mejor valuadas del mundo. Charlamos sobre el rol de las crypto y las opportunidades de blockchain para los estados pic.twitter.com/WRR8qaUma3

— Mauricio Macri (@mauriciomacri) December 18, 2021

The arrival of Vitalik Buterin to the event in Buenos Aires was considered unexpected by a number of parties amid his busy visiting schedule. Buterin came to the event at the last minute wearing a black T-shirt. He seemed to mingle with other participants who came to the event. His unexpected arrival was immediately recognized by the crypto community.

When Vitalik met with a number of fintech and crypto entrepreneurs, he discussed the positives of Proof-of-Humanity, an identity verification system for universal basic income developed by Santiago Siri.

The event was also attended by Tomi Pierucci from JP Morgan. Also in attendance were senior state banking giant for Argentina, Gómez Minujin. Based on reports from local media, the meeting was promoted by JP Morgan.

On the sidelines of lunch, Vitalik Buterin received a gift for the Argentina national team jersey number 10, which is often worn by football mogul Lionel Messi. The number 10 jersey given to Buterin is part of Graph's tribute to the founder of Ethereum who has been described as "the Messi of crypto."

This was conveyed by Lorena Fabris from Graph. He also told Forbes that the big push for the protocol could not be separated from the role of Vitalik Buterin.

Vitalik Buterin, who is still 27 years old, traveled to Argentina alone. He toured Latin America for more than three months. Currently, the Russian-blooded programmer is looking for a new goal, as reported by U.Today.