Vitalik Buterin says Ethereum will be ‘55% complete’ post-merge

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our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.u003c/p>nu003c/div>n u003cp>Vitalik Buterin, the cofounder of Ethereum, shared some new thoughts on Thursday about how he foresees the blockchain network evolving in coming years.u003c/p> u003cp>Speaking at the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC) in Paris, Buterin began by comparing the network to its longtime rival, stating “the difference between Bitcoin and Ethereum is that Bitcoiners consider Bitcoin to be 80% complete, but Ethereans consider Ethereum to be 40% complete.”u003c/p> u003cp>But he added that the 40% figure is poised to jump after Ethereum completes a long-planned technology upgrade, known as “the merge,” that will see the blockchain switch to a lower energy and more efficient system of registering transactions.u003c/p> u003cp>“Ethereum can go up to being 55% complete after the ‘merge,’” Buterin said. “We’re getting close, which is really amazing.”u003c/p> u003cp>Last week, developers u003ca 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