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Buterin's writing is absolutely phenomenal. It is highly technical and yet accessible, and all-encompassing yet precise and detailed. Buterin's best quality is
by ETH_start 4y ago
Buterin's writing is absolutely phenomenal. It is highly technical and yet accessible, and all-encompassing yet precise and detailed.
Buterin's best quality is in understanding complex topics and articulating that understanding. I attribute the quality of his writing to effort and not some inherent skill. Skill only takes you so far. Effort takes you most of the way there.
You can find a collection of his articles here:
https://vitalik.ca/ https://vitalik.ca/
An example of one of his high-quality explanations, 'An Incomplete Guide to Rollups':
https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/01/05/rollup.html https://vitalik.ca/general/2021/01/05/rollup.html
- markeibes 4y agoThanks ETH_start
- kerkeslager 4y agoButerin's a great writer on technical topics, which is all you've pointed out here. But the critique in the article which you're responding to, is about Buterin's writing on philosophical topics.
- davidgerard 4y agoyeah, I'm certainly not questioning at any point that Buterin knows how Ethereum works ;-) in fact, the explanation of Ethereum mining in ''Attack of the 50 Foot Blockchain'' is based on a Reddit comment where Buterin responded to me directly to correct my confusion.