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Breaking News: Bitcoin, Ethereum, And XRP In Freefall: What’s Driving The Current Crypto Slump?

Here’s Why This Crypto Expert Believes Ethereum Is The ‘Biggest Block’ Against Bitcoin Adoption

Samuel Edyme
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1 year ago
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Crypto expert and author of Civ Kit, an app that lets users build their decentralized marketplace, Ray Youssef,  has recently taken to his X (formerly known as Twitter) account to share his stance on Ethereum and its impact on Bitcoin adoption.

Youssef’s remarks on Ethereum’s influence over Bitcoin’s growth trajectory were both striking and laden with implications for the future.

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Ethereum’s Challenge To Bitcoin Growth

On August 23, Ray Youssef who is also a founder of the Built With Bitcoin Foundation, expressed his view that Ethereum, despite its shared objectives with Bitcoin, presents a significant hurdle to Bitcoin’s broader acceptance. 

The crypto expert particularly noted: “ETH has been the biggest block against Bitcoin adoption.” Youssef’s rationale? He suggests that the challenges posed by Ethereum overshadow its utility parallels with Bitcoin. The foundational issues, according to Youssef, lie in Ethereum’s inherent characteristics.

Further amplifying his viewpoint, Youssef highlighted the potential of CivKit, a platform he believes could mimic the necessities of a financial model. In doing so, he suggests that this would effectively sift out deceptive components, leaving them to scammers.

ETH has been the biggest block against Bitcoin adoption. At first I saw utility we could copy but the negatives far out weigh any positives. #civkit will replicate what is needed on ultra sound honest money and leave the rest for the scammers.

Nuf said https://t.co/4YIvOX3nAF

— Ray Youssef (@raycivkit) August 23, 2023

Building on this, Youssef recently pointed out the potential role of BRICS nations, including Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, in shaping the future of P2P Bitcoin markets.

Civ Kit and Drivechain: The Innovations In The Crypto Space?

April saw the release of a whitepaper introducing Civ Kit, a product endorsed by Youssef and other Bitcoin enthusiasts like Antoine Riard and Nicholas Gregory. This tool aims to create a resistant, decentralized peer-to-peer marketplace.

By combining Nostr architecture with the Lightning Network, Civ Kit promises enhanced privacy and security, offering features like decentralized identity, escrowed trades, and P2P messaging protocol.

However, the conversation that initially triggered Youssef’s tweet focused on a discussion between researcher Timoleon Moraitis and Ethereum’s founder, Vitalik Buterin.

This conversation, highlighted by Bitcoin expert Pierre Rochard, revealed Co-Founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin’s lack of interest in Drivechain, a feature that allows Bitcoin to operate across secondary chains, termed “sidechains.”

Rochard commented on the significance of this conversation, noting Buterin’s position could be seen as an informal “veto” of Drivechain’s relevance.

I disagree with individual arguments on both sides of this debate, but it’s great to learn from others especially when we don’t align.

This conversation is interesting because Vitalik is the ideal “customer” for Drivechains. If he doesn’t want it, that’s almost like a veto. pic.twitter.com/uxG2aFnUvj

— Pierre Rochard (@BitcoinPierre) August 22, 2023

In a further twist, Buterin opined on the changing dynamics of Proof-of-Work (PoW) blockchains since 2019, stating that BTC miners no longer dominate this landscape.

Emphasizing the shift in power dynamics, Buterin remarked that even with a majority, miners cannot enforce the acceptance of invalid blocks into the main chain. He underscored that the controlling power now resides with the users.

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Despite the argument between Bitcoin and Ethereum, both assets have been in a continuous downward trend over the past 7 days. Particularly, Ethereum has dropped by 6.6% while Bitcoin by 7.2% with a current market price of $26,555, at the time of writing.

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