{"id":22645,"date":"2026-02-24T10:38:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/vitalik-in-chiang-mai-why-btc-cant-maximize-both-privacy-decentralization\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:38:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:38:30","slug":"vitalik-in-chiang-mai-why-btc-cant-maximize-both-privacy-decentralization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/vitalik-in-chiang-mai-why-btc-cant-maximize-both-privacy-decentralization\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik in Chiang Mai: why BTC can\u2019t maximize both privacy, decentralization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">BTC kept 0% privacy gains to maximize decentralization, says Buterin at Chiang Mai event.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_5d03d11dd6b4397211fed699a22336f6\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Buterin says BTC\u2019s early design made decentralization the primary constraint, leaving privacy under-optimized.<\/li>\n<li>Early crypto systems relied on centralized entities for privacy because tech couldn\u2019t support both strong decentralization and privacy.<\/li>\n<li>Advances like zk-SNARK now let parts of ETH\u2019s ecosystem experiment with on-chain privacy tools BTC never integrated.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin stated that Bitcoin has prioritized decentralization over privacy features since its launch, according to remarks made at an event in Chiang Mai, Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>Buterin explained that Bitcoin\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.bitcoinsistemi.com\/ethereum-eth-founder-vitalik-buterin-speaks-about-bitcoin-btc-he-had-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">emphasis<\/a> on decentralization has resulted in privacy features that are not fully optimized, according to reports from the event.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>The Ethereum co-founder noted that early cryptographic technologies relied on centralized institutions for privacy protection because ensuring both decentralization and privacy simultaneously was not practically feasible at the time, according to his statements.<\/p>\n<p>Buterin added that advancements in privacy technologies over the past decade, including zk-SNARK, have enabled parts of the Ethereum ecosystem to explore methods for integrating privacy features into on-chain systems, according to the remarks.<\/p>\n<p>The comments represent Buterin\u2019s latest public assessment of Bitcoin\u2019s technical architecture and design trade-offs. No further details about the specific event or additional context were immediately available.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BTC kept 0% privacy gains to maximize decentralization, says Buterin at Chiang Mai event. Summary Buterin says BTC\u2019s early design made decentralization the primary constraint, leaving privacy under-optimized. Early crypto&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22646,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22645\/revisions\/22646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}