University of Basel Awards Honorary Doctorate Degree to Vitalik Buterin

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The developer of Ethereum (ETH), Vitalik Buterin, was officially awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Basel on Friday, November 30.

He received the honor from the Faculty of Business and Economics of Switzerland's oldest university, because of his effort in the field of Blockchain technology development, smart contracts, Cryptos and the design of infrastructures, at the "Dies Academicus" - a yearly event celebrating the founding of the university.   

The degree was awarded to Buterin by dean Aleksander Berentsen, a professor of economic theory at the University of Basel.   

Criticism Around Centralized Exchanges   
The university particularly noted Vitalik's "groundbreaking" effort at elevating the plan of decentralization, and further to, "equal effort in the digital transformation." The faculty of business & economics emphasized that Vitalik "wrote his scientific papers sans a degree and dedication to the university."   

In July this year, Vitalik censured centralized exchanges, noting that such institutions ought to "burn completely in hell." The Ethereum creator said that the cryptocurrency ecosystem ought to challenge the idea of the "damn King making power" and ratified his significant position towards effective decentralization.   

Early last month, Vitalik noted some key details of the upgrade that is coming soon to the ETH network. Called "Serenity," the upcoming ETH 2.0 will purportedly welcome several ETH projects which have been gathered since the year 2014. Sans stating explicitly the anticipated date of the upgrade, Vitalik only said that it wasn't "very far away."   

Read the details in the article of Coinidol dot com, the world blockchain news outlet: https://coinidol.com/university-of-basel-awards/