Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain): Vitalik Buterin: Developers Who Don't Know Crypto Can Also Be Funded by Ethereum

Vitalik Buterin: Developers Who Don't Know Crypto Can Also Be Funded by Ethereum On December 5, 2025, in a Green Pill interview, Ethereum founder Vitalik @VitalikButerin stated that open-source projects need to experiment with novel cryptoeconomic mechanisms to avoid eventual corporate acquisition. He believes the solution is "dependency funding"—combining financial support with social outreach. He gave an example: if a non-crypto developer receives 1.5 ETH because Ethereum projects use their code, this dependency-based funding is more sincere than out-of-the-blue donations. As the intersection between the crypto community and non-crypto projects like Tor grows, Vitalik hopes to scale this mechanism further.