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Vitalik Buterin declares he is not staking all of his ETH, merely a 'small portion’

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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin explained the “biggest reason” is because it has to be on a multisig – which are still “fairly difficult” to set up. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated that he does not stake all of his Ethereum (ETH) due to multisignature (multisig) wallets being “complicated in a bunch of ways.” On the 29 June episode of the Bankless Podcast, titled Re staking Alignment, Buterin revealed the “biggest reason” why he is only staking a small amount of his Ethereum. “Because if you stake your ETH, the keys that access it have to be public on a subsystem that is online. For safety it has to be a Multisig, Multisig for staking is still fairly difficult to set up, it gets complicated in a bunch of ways.” Vitalik Buterin speaking on the Bankless Podcast. Source: Bankless Podcast Charles Hoskinson, the co-founder of Ethereum and founder of Cardano (ADA) took to Twitter on June 30 to say he is “at a loss for words” after hearing Buterin only stakes a small port...