Is Ethereum Creator Vitalik Buterin A Nobel Economics Prize Contender? Economists Tyler Cowen And Alex Tabbarok Think So
Renowned economist Tyler Cowen has proposed Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) creator Vitalik Buterin as a deserving candidate for the forthcoming Nobel Prize in Economics.
What Happened: Cowen put forward this unconventional nomination during a podcast with fellow economist Alex Tabarrok on Tuesday.
He lauded Buterin for his significant contributions to cryptocurrency’s monetary economics, stressing that his work far exceeded that of any other economist.
“Vitalik built a platform, created a currency, you could say, refuted Mises’ regression theorem in the process, obviously following in the footsteps of Satoshi (Nakamoto), but my goodness, what does someone have to do to get a Nobel Prize?” Tyler remarked.
The two economists also applauded Buterin’s efforts in transitioning the network from …
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