Vitalik Buterin gave in to Elon Musk’s demand and will pay!

Vitalik Buterin took to Twitter to say that he will accept the conditions of the new Twitter boss Elon Musk to keep his blue certification.

Vitalik Buterin said he is also trying other social media platforms as alternatives to Twitter.

I will bow to Lord Elon and pay his $8 a month too.

“I will bow to Lord Elon” but there’s a catch…

Vitalik Buterin gave in to Elon Musk’s demand for an $8 monthly fee for handles verified on Twitter. However, he stated that he would only start “bow down and pay“only when this feature is integrated into Android and other non-iOS platforms. Musk is not making an exception for anyone, forcing them to pay $8, even for himself, as he admitted in a recent tweet, in which he said he was also paying this $8 monthly fee.

Vitalik Buterin also tweeted that he is looking for an alternative to Twitter, perhaps in case he does not like the changes incorporated by Musk, and that he is trying Mastodon, which has been much talked about recently on Twitter, Farcaster, Reddit, Telegram, etc.

He thinks he won’t just find Twitter convenient to use and may stay on all of those “multiple winners“. Vitalik Buterin shared a link to where you can find all his nicknames in different social networks.

My new socials page:https://t.co/gtgCSP52rA

I’m eagerly trying out Mastodon, Farcaster, Lens and others, and I’ll bow to Lord Elon and pay his $8/month too… but only when it’s available on a non-iOS platform.

Let the best socials win! *

* there will be multiple winners pic.twitter.com/F2HqYbp8z6

– vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) November 18, 2022

Vitalik asks projects not to “ask him for money“.

In an earlier tweet, the Ethereum leader asked people not to “Beg for money“. to stop begging him for donations or sponsorships for their projects in social media and chat messages.

ok guys please don’t beg for money in social or chat messages

I feel bad refusing as I know lots of your causes are honorable, but unfortunately it’s hard for me to verify each one, and having a pattern of responding to such requests would lead to my inbox breaking completely 😭

– vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) November 18, 2022

He explained that he thinks they are asking for money for “honorable causes“. However, he said that it is impossible for him to check each and every one of those who ask. Also, he cannot answer each and every one of these requests because it would completely break his inbox.

Recently, as covered by U.Today, Vitalik Buterin made a large donation to the Dogecoin Foundation, sending them 20 million Dogecoin.