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What do you think will happen with Ethereum if Vitalik Buterin's death is confirmed? Will the price crash and the project fail? Or would it continue to grow into infinity and beyond? I'm concerned about this, since previously, there were rumors about Vitalik's death which caused the price of Ethereum to fall drastically within the cryptocurrency market. Fortunately, Vitalik showed proof that he was alive, which calmed the downfall of Ethereum's price.

However, if Vitalik dies, many things could happen either good or bad. Perhaps, Ethereum may fall if Vitalik dies, because he's been leading the project every step of the way. By not having a leader, the Ethereum project will disorientate itself into oblivion, IMO. Nonetheless, what are your thoughts about this? ::)

That would be probably super good for Ethereum. But then maybe Vitalik II comes around and will be the same as it is now or even worse.

In that scenario i think eth will crash for the moment but then it will bounce back because eth is not a proprietory project its a decentralized company owned by investors and holders, so principally the project will continue even if someone disappears, just see how btc is continuously developed without the real person or brain that was originally behind it.

I think that there will be some kind of recession. But still there are sureties who will take the board into their own hands and will not let ETH die. And in general to think of such things in my opinion is silly (I'm sorry)

This sound like a nice FUD LOL, but for the shake of the argument, I think it would increase in value because the guy will not be able to use what´s stored in his accounts, so the circulating ether will be less. He he

Apple didn't fall when Steve Jobs died, it rather just recently became the first company to hit $1 trillion.
A team is a combination of experts geared towards the success of the project.
And Ethereum can survive without it's founder, as BTC is.
The market would surely react, as it would to any major news. But a total collapse won't happen.

I think that there are no irreplaceable people - there will be someone else. But it is not good to discuss when - a person is alive, and you bury him.

I also think that for the most coins, Ethereum, nothing bad will happen, as Vitali though and keeps the Ethereum project, the company consists of many people who simply will not allow the death of Ethereum.

the leader of the Vitalik project team. there are a lot of examples like this.

Henry Martin Ford (1863 - 1947)
Steven Paul Jobs (1955 - 2011)

the most important people of the companies, the founders died. What's happened? if you succeed, you always get important. they are the best companies right now. This kind of speculation should not be made about the value and price of ETH.

Vitalik is the face of Ethereum. When the name Ethereum is said, many people think of Vitalik as the main guy. It's like Facebook, we all think of Mark Zuckerburg as the face of facebook. Thus, if something happens to him, the price of Ethereum would definitely tank.

However, Ethereum would not totally die. There is a team behind Ethereum, and the team would probably work harder. There would also be a new "Vitalik", someone who would be representing Ethereum, and people would then treat him as the face of Ethereum.

I doubt if his death should have any effect on the price or value of the ETH,most great companies aren't headed by their initial founders,and they are still bossing if today,i don't see why ETH cant do likewise ..
     If his death should have any effect whatsoever,it ought to be a positive one as it'll help to keep the coin more and more decentralized.

I don't think so, just like bitcoin when Satoshi Nakamoto vanished in thin air bitcoin still survived and even pump. Ethereum will live when Vilatik dies because they are a team that developed that platform and it is not a good move to have only a single person who knows that platform.

Big difference is that noone knows who "Satoshi Nakamoto" is,and i doubt it was ever just 1 single person,thats just the name that is used for Bitcoin project.While on the other hand,we all know that Vitalik Buretin is alive and kicking,so ETH would certainly be heavily affected if something hapens to him.

Yes, of course the project will die with him, but it will not happen immediately, I think that for several years his product may be in demand, but its encoding is available only to him, so it is not known exactly how the whole system will behave if suddenly the machines subject to him will be disabled. In any case, as you correctly noted, without a leader, the project is doomed to become an outsider among other projects. I am almost sure that Ethereum will not withstand such information and will fall in price as bitconnect.

The head is the main governing body of any organism. If you cut off the head - the body will stop its life. It's hard for me to say if there are any ideological people in the Ethereum development team who will be able to take full responsibility for the project. But if Vitalik will die - it definitely will not bring anything good.

Well the first rumor says it already. If by any chance Vitalik died then it will sent shock wave to Ethereum holders and for sure they're going to panic and immediately push the sell button. It's going to be a nightmare for Lubin (co-founder) to carry on the legacy of Vitalik and see that Ethereum can survived without Vitalik Buterin. Leaders really do matter in this market, and with enigmatic presence, Vitalik is very hard to emulate and if someone took his place it going to be difficult. Just like when Steve Jobs untimely demise.


Just like I said, Ethereum will suffer, can go to 2 digits (worst case scenario). As Ethereum for me is also like Bitcoin now, a speculative assets that every news whether its positive or negative has a drastic effect on the price.

most probably yes. it doesn't have to be death. it just has to be him moving on to something else like being employed by the Russian government or banks to work for them on their centralized coin (as he already spoke with Putin and has been paving his way!)

that is what happens with centralized systems. when the head of the organization fails the whole thing fails. and in this case the project has enough problems and serious flaws that even if someone else picks it up they wouldn't be able to fix it. it is much easier to start a new one.

I think that there will be a fall in the course, but it will not last long. In addition to Vitalik, a huge team is now working on the project. and they will be able to continue the business without it further. The news will affect the fall, but not for long.

If Vitalik Buterin really announced his death, it would definitely have some impact on Ethereum. Because Vitalik is the soul of Ethereum, as Jobs does for Apple. But I don't think this will lead to the collapse of Ethereum. Just as Apple, which lacks Jobs, is still great.

Ethereum will die if Vitalik is dead or alive, the blockchain is full of scammy fake ICOs and the transaction speed makes it unusable in business. Take a look at a real project like NEO which will surpass ethereum one day, or even something like QTUM which is looking at 50k tps

Yes. That's what I've thought in the first place. Just like Apple with Steve Jobs' death, I believe that the same thing will happen with Ethereum. Apple has never been the same, after Steve Jobs' death (although it's still alive and apparently successful), and Ethereum could probably become the same thing as it lacks a true leader that would head the direction of development the right way.

But who knows? Perhaps, Ethereum would be able to live on its own just like Bitcoin without a leader. When this happens, then people would not be focused on a single person, but instead on all contributors of the network. This would make it much more decentralized than what it is right now, as the community guides Ethereum every step of the way.

Nonetheless, I hope that Vitalik stays alive and active on the Ethereum project for a long time, as his ideas would greatly shape the cryptocurrency for the greater good. :)



That could happen due to fear from investors within the cryptocurrency market. After Vitalik dies, the whole crypto community will panic, but it'll be temporary as prices start rising again. But yes, news either negative or positive will have a huge effect over a cryptocurrency's price within a short time period. It's something natural from crypto land, but what's most important is to have patience and keep hodling. ;)

I suspect it will take a really big hit if he does die, I mean without megamind behind the project, surely it's not going to be a strong right?

I don't think we're at any risk of that though, and it's not like it's a one man job, there are tens of thousands of people who worked together to make Ethereum as popular as it is today.

As it's typical with cryptocurrencies and their reaction to bad news, the price of ETH will crash and will only recover if there's a successor in place. But overall, should such occur, the project will suffer severely

that's the initial impact - eth price will crash but if the platform is really solid, they will rise again. that scenario had happened to others already, like a good example which others already brought up - steve jobs of apple. if vitalik built the eth platform in a solid foundation, there's nothing to worry about.

If vitalik die as long as he has been creating the ethereum roadmap and the proffesional team can take over his job. but a lot of people are thinking about ethereum has created only by vitalik and where is alex dan others?

No one knows where Satoshi is but BTC is one of the best coins ever created. ETH has been accepted by many and it has gotten roots in the crypto market and I think there is no way ETH will fail if Vitalik dies.

If Vitalik Buterin truly died anything can happen to Ethereum only if the team couldn't give the cryptocurrency community what the Ethereum market lack. However, I believe the rumour of the die of Vitalik was the genuine reason behind the Ethereum market dump in price because the project was facing the problem of scalability which the team are yet to fix and this is what I believed it affected Ethereum price.

Ethereum is not only Vitaliy Buterin, there are a lot of interested investors, that won`t let Ethereum to die. Of course this news will affect the price, but it will recover. Ethereum is the best created blockchain

I think initially it would crash the markets, but they would recover. He's very important to Ethereum and to the crypto space as a whole. But there will still be a large collection of developers and supporters pushing ETH forward without him around.

The founders of successful companies in the world were most likely some of them had died long time ago. But, the legacy they left lives on and continually growing. These founders didn't succeed alone, they had teams to build. The standards they had setup are already in place. Same thing with ethereum. Ethereum blockchain is one of the most effective blockchain that can revolutionize significant processes in the current system. Whatever happens, ethereum will be there in the future.

it can be happen to any founder of any project. also i have seen ownership changes of projects but still going well. so i think ETH will be still fine even if he dies. anyway  do not hope so. he is young and rich. atleast he will live another 30 years from now

I don't really think so, cause if one system already created then there is no way it will get affected if something is missing or leaving.
That system will be going on just fine.

Even though Vitalik is the founding father of ETH, doesn't means that when ever he leave then ETH will also fall. ETH already stand firm for this long, that means being left by it's inventor will not make it crumble and fall.

if ethereum finds a substitute that has the same intelligence as a vitalik, then ethereum can survive. but if not, maybe ethereum will fall and become another shitcoin.

but the biggest possibility is that the team from ethereum will continue to try and work to make ethereum better and not dependent on vitalik.

I dont think so, even if the creator dies. the creation will still go on as long as people needs it. the coins will keep on circulating.

The death of developer will caused the price to go down, especially a big project like eth, it will crash severely, when the developer gone then the project could have difficulty to grow, that will be the main reason for the investors to take out their funds and buy other coin, even if they found another substitute, it will take time to make the investors trust back to invest

Of course there will be a fall and maybe even the loss of a top spot on the list. But after replacing the manager, he will still remain a stable coin, due to the demand and dedicated investors who have invested for the long term.

Isn't the point of having something being decentralised is that it bypases a single point of failure? Having seen how the price of Etherum reacts every time Vitalik makes an ill conceived statement I am convinced the project would do better with somebody else leading it.

This is not a change or a setback for eth, eth has many people behind it who will continue to grow up and give people confidence. Maybe there will be a slight temporary change in the price but it won't last long.

Bitcoin is not dead when Satoshi Nakamoto is still anonymous! Vitalik is the foundation, the development of ETH not only due to Vitalik. By the community and its practical application!

well. i dont think so. ethereum is a very strong project with a good infrastructure. i dont think it is going to fail in this case. but of course if vitalik dies, ethereum price falls because so many investors panic and try to dump the price.

Ethereum is just like a house, after the building process is completed, even though all the builders left it. The house will still stand strong covering everyone inside the house. So there is unlikely that ETH will be failing even if Vitalik or someone else leaving it.

Nah, that's the good thing about decentralization that crypto is giving us. Even if the creator is gone, it will still thrive due to the community supporting it.
Bitcoin is the best example, Satoshi is no longer visible and yet his creation is still the leading cryptocurrency.

Etherium is not only Vitalik, but also the team of specialists behind the project. The infrastructure is already established, there is a growing number of projects based on Etherium network - this is going to stay regardress of Vitalik`s death.

On the other hard, as a currency ETH will certainly dip, just as Apple`s shares after Job`s death.

Really I think it will just cause panic for a short while but subsequently, somebody else will take The mantle and move the project on wards. There will be a little blip surely especially with the rise of competing platforms but it will survive. Ps, I hope vitalik stays around for a long long time. He is one the the strongest players on the crypto space.

I think it has a slight effect on the price but later on, it will recover I guess. I do believe on that project Ethereum it has a good potential and it is developed project so there is no reason it will crash out in the market. In my own not only Vitalik who has managing on that project probably there is a group working on that project. But who knows what will happen we still hoping that as of now everything will be fine as long as Vitalik was there.

Project is open source , so project will not end. It will continue by some other members.

of course not, decentralization will not affected if the key figure die, look at ltc and lee, ltc still alive even after lee sold all their ltc, community will driven the future development of eth, i believe it

This is one of the point of EOS founder when he said about letting the community run the project on its own. Dan Larimer leave Bitshares and it continues to live to its glory and same thing with Steemit. Just like Satoshi leaves bitcoin and it continues to grow. If ETH founder Buterin will die soon, will the project also live on?  Its going to also be solved once and for all before that happens. He must put things to rest if it goes POS decide when it will or just let the miners mine forget about the POS. If they leave us hanging while there is a platform good enough to promise without transaction fee such as EOS, the people will go there instead.

First of all, Vitalik's not gonna die because he's not 80 :D Secondly, there will always be his assistant /deputy /relative who will be able to continue his work.

I don't assume thus, a bit like bitcoin once Satoshi Nakamoto nonexistent in void bitcoin still survived and even pump. Ethereum can live once Vilatik dies as a result of they're a team that developed that platform and it's not an honest move to possess solely one one who is aware of that platform.

The whole project idea and updates lay on Vitalic's fragile shoulders. If he die the price of Ethereum will decrease dramatically.

Vitalik Buterin is only the spokesperson of Ethereum, but Vitalik Buterin does not affect the price of Ethereum, because the price of Ethereum is determined by the purchasing power of investors, not someone!

Maybe the price of ethereum will only fall a little like 10% or 20% down if the founder vitalik will die but not fall like the price reach to zero because many erc20 projects will not allowed it to happen because if they do their projects also crash.

It seems to me that the disappearance of Buterin (it does not matter whether it is death or simply it will stop working) will not affect the situation with ethereum. Yes, maybe from the beginning it will have a negative impact, but then everything will recover.

There are many examples in history when the founders died, or stopped working in their companies, but companies continued to work and make a profit. So it will be with ethereum, it is a finished work product that followers of Buterin can develop.

No, after all, ETH has many other talents. Just like BTC, Nakamoto has disappeared. There are other people involved in the project, I think ETH will be like this.

Great question! After all its like asking whether the kingdom will survive after the death of king or not. Well after the kings death the kingdom will be handed over to someone else who has the higher authorities in their hands. If somehow the next person is strong enough in making the project assurances then I guess ETH would be really fine all the time. However, if that person failed to manage and show people the proof of work then it could be disturber in the ETH platform and people may switch to number of platforms available out there. Yes, Vitalik does hold very much important authority in managing the stuff around it and that smart kiddo keeps the market alive all the time. So many things can change if goes away. But lets not hope so soon.

If ethereum fails than it is the same thing like if Steve Jobs dies also the Apple company would fail or would bankrupted which is not true and we have seen in the past years.
So if Vitalik dies there is nothing to worry about because he has left a whole huge team behind who will run his bussiness and ethereum would continue its journey.

I don't think it will affect that much, a short price drop maybe, but total failure is not gonna happen, Ethereum is used by many company right now, so the dead of the founder will not have a huge significant effect on it.

I don’t think something will happen to ETH. He is not alone in the project. There is a whole team that improves and works on the project.

If Vitalik dies, Ethereum will definitely be affected, but I don't think it will hurt the Ethereum. Although Vitalik is a leader, I also believe that a company will definitely not have only one key person. The more powerful a company has more talents. When such a thing really happens, I believe that someone can become a new leader.

If something happens to the founder of eth, then in any case there will be a sharp drop in price. With the technology itself, of course, nothing will happen, but the future development will be in question.

assumptions that are too panicked I guess
whatever happened to ethereum was from the turmoil that occurred in accidents and market corrections, in my view, there were many great people in the team behind Vitalik. we never know what can happen later without vitalik or with him

In this case ETH will fall immediately, once upon a time fake news about Vitalik death has appeared and ETh has fallen that day. But at the same time Vitalik has team which can develop ethereum as well. As for me, I would sell ethereum at the moment of news, but later, after certain stability i would buy back ethereum for lower price, because it remains potential coin and there is no coin which is close to ETH sucess.
Generally speaking it is a disaster when system is centralized and ETh seems to be centralized,because Vitalik death can lead to such price drop

The question is certainly funny. Lenin was killed, and his work, and ideas lived for a long time. So I think nothing bad will happen to ETH. It would be much better for the project if he stopped putting his nose in it. The incident DAO, has left its mark on forever.

I think or guess if ever Vitalik is gone or dead.
Ethereum will still be around, although some will panic sell, thinking the value of Ethereum could be affected by its creator death.
I think Ethereum will still around, it is a program that exist on computer or servers, it doesn't depend on someones life.
so I guess its not possible, and lets nothing happens really bad.
we really don't know though

Well I guess if vitalik dies, ethereum will continue to flourish in the crypto world however with genius like vitalik, his predecessor might get difficulty in the blockchain of ethereum unless vitalik was able to teach everything about it. But lets not hope vitalik will die. He contributed too much in the crypto community.

Although Vitalik is a leader, I also believe that the company will not only have one key person. Stronger companies have more talents. When things like that really happen, I believe that someone can be a new leader.
If Vitalik dies, Ethereum will definitely be affected, but I don't think it will hurt Ethereum. And etherium will definitely exist.

I don't think the project will fail as there would be other developers who could further develop Ethereum. The price will experience a sudden drop but I imagine it will be followed by a recovery not long after people realized that Vitalik isn't the only person who can make development into ETH.

This is a good reminder for ETH community. Right now, the face of Ethereum is too focused on Vitalik. Unlike Bitcoin where there are some key people but no one dominates.

i think this comment is the most absurd and funny one so far.
you are comparing the leader of revolution of 1917 with a shitty altcoin developer with stolen ideas who created a centralized crappy platform with lots of problems (including the DAO disaster).
ETH will disappear some day and we will only remember it faintly as a coin that got pumped and dumped a lot and gave many a lot of profit while bankrupt a lot of others.

I do not think that Ethereum will survive without Buterin. But on the other hand, BTC is doing really well, without any leader. Nobody still knows for sure, who was Satoshi and the Bitcoin functions pretty well.

Nothing will happen. His place will be taken by other people in the team. He's not the only one working. He now seems to me to be just an ideological character.

This is a very weird question.

But i will speculate on this. As far as i know , he is not the head of ETh development team as in he does not call al the shots, ETH is decentralized.

If this event occurs, then the only damage would be that people would be in panic mode and sold, but this would happen only in short term

omg such a weird topic! ;D
The price will go up. When a rock star dies, his or her albums are sold off automatically the next day

Vitalik do have some form of influence on the Ethereum blockchain through Ethereum Foundation but he has little to do with as it's already being taken care by thousands of volunteering ethereum enthusiast developers that his death would have little to no effect on Ethereum. It's one of the best thing about ethereum when comparing to its competitors.

This is a very interesting question, I think that if this happens, the Ethereum will lose a lot in price. But the Vitalik is more a media person than a developer, so the project will not disappear and will continue to exist.

Or maby price could even go up since probbably some kind of 2PAC/Satoshy mith would be born - Vitalik was an alien!

ETH is an established coin with 1000 developers.
It`s true that Vitalik is involved in the development activities and his lead is important, but life does not stop and the show must go on. 
When the product is bigger than the founder nothing can stop it.
Good example and parallel is Apple and Steve Jobs.

I think that if Vitaly dies, it will have almost no effect on Ethereum, as there are Ethereum owners who remain in the shadows.

Clearly it will be bad for shortterm but i believe with vitalik or without vitalik eth will be really expensive in the future.
Surely vitalik is head of ethereum and creator. Like steve jobs on apple. But as we can see apple still continue growing.
But i hope he will live until 100 years old . We need vitalik.

As of today we speak vitalik is alive but ethereum is already dying,so if thats the case for sure ethereum will die with the guy when hes dead lol

And maybe if this happened then scamming will be lessen as the scammers from ico project developers using its platform to victimized many cryptonians,if that being said crypto community will return to the good shape again since investors will be back for investing

I don't really hope this should happen. Thou, at the initial stage, the project may be shaken to the extent of hitting rock bottom, I think the project would definitely survive the challenges. Hence, it's a call for the project's team to put some things as plan B  in case anything of such eventually happens.

If it does happen, it will have a big impact on eth.But whether it will fail, no one can know.Maybe the team continues to work to develop it.a new coin may also appear instead of eth.

Nope, Ethereum will still keep existing if Vitalik dies. There are many amazing people behind Ethereum that can continue Vitalik vision and mission with Ethereum...

No need to worry, I'm sure there will be a people that can be the next leader of Ethereum...  :)

Ethereum depends on the community not the discoverer, Vitalik, even if the community does not believe in ethereum it will now die, but it has been explained that ethereum is a lot of devs. so that it will continue to be present and develop with or without Mr. Vitalik.

Of course Ethereum will continue to grow since the platform has many team members and they are professional people with lots of experience. I am sure Vitalik has planned for everything happening at future including if he dies. Maybe the issues of the death can effect to the price for a moment, but it will be back to the normal rates soon.
 

I think the Ethereum price will drop and there will be a very good chance to shop at the bottom. Then, the cost of Ethereum will gradually return to its level.

I think there will be another person that will replace Vitalik position and continue the project if the project has a good plan for the future. But if no other person wants to lead the project, then the project will disappear and people will abandon the project. They will move to another project which is promising than ethereum. But there will make any replacements from the ethereum teams, and they will make sure the project to continue and reach their goals in the future.

I think bad news is always developed by some people to make chaos in the market and make the price of ethereum down, I think this way often used by some people to scrape, I think we should get used to this situation, you see what has been built Colonel Sander still stands sturdy even though he has long died.

maybe and that I think is very terrible and can be a bomb time that can make a lot of people lose, you better be able to avoid the coin, and you better buy as much bitcoin as you can because it proved to have no dependency on the founder like that.

What a rofl! Vitalik is very much alive. what a stupid assumption? But if we still assume that such a thing happens, then I think we would see a sharp fall, and then a sharp pamp

For me that is impossible, Compare that thing on the apple owner. Did you see the apply crash down or their invention are stop on the last version of latest apple? Not, right? because they have people or team to continue the thing what they started. So ETH owner or developer has a lot of other people to continue the legacy of this project.

I don't think that is how a cryptocurrency  work, when ever that thing happened there will be someone replacing the role of Vitalik right now, that way the coins will keep live on.

Ethereum will not fail if eventually vitalik dies there should be someone on standby to take over should that happen in a good business which thinks about future should have provision for such occurrence.

I don't think Ethereum will fail if Vitalik dies at any time, Ethereum has already a big community of developers and software engineers of which some among them will take over and continue to develop Ethereum network

OMFG! Where have you read that Buterin is dead or has some troubles? I've never heard about it! I guess, nothing good will happen with the cryptocurrency, even if such a tragedy occurs - but everything depends on the team! I wish Buterin good luck! I'm thankful to him for all he does!

ETH is not stable for the last time and I think that it could be happend because this coin doesn't have enough strong supporting to be saved from this possible case.

I think company should not depending on person. It will be not healthy for bussiness. Ethereum is reputable coin in market and i am believe it will not give big effect to the price if founder die.

Vitalik, judging by the latest news, has already stated that he is preparing to leave his project. News of his departure will do more harm than news of his death. If it goes off the Ethereum, the network may well react with a sharp drop, if it did not become quite that there would be a big increase.

However Im sure that if ethereum still alive, there's still hope. The point of being decentralized is that it will not rely on individual or instituiton, ethereum is owned by community. Maybe vitalik leaving is a bad news and could potentially affect everyone involved to ethereum
but however it's hardly bring down ethereum to the point where it will have zero value.

Strange you ask a question.
Vitaly is the founder of Ethereum and is the owner of a large number of coins. His departure from the project or his death will certainly have a negative effect on Ethereum. You can remember what happened with the death of Steve Jobs and Apple, as well as the departure of Elon Musk from the post of chairman of the board of directors had a negative effect on Tesla's stock price.
However, Ethereum is a fairly developed system and I think that it will not die having lost its founder. The price will fall, but not to 0.

it seems that it will not be that easy ethereum can be replaced by NEO or Qtum, because the mistake in the ICO scam is not the fault of the ethereum team. because he is just a platform not an ICO organizer!
just look at ethereum going back to the moon, and I believe that

Nothing generally will happen and apparently we will just see the projects kicking up further with the other developers on board. We do not even know the whereabouts’ of Satoshi, and here we are still clamoring on the usage of bitcoin with development going on further and for what it is worth, so many people have died in the past like Steve Jobs, and the company is still thriving till date.

Ethereum will not be affected in anyway and may be the only thing that will be affected is Vitalik's HODL stash if no one have access to it apart from itself, and even at that, it would just make the circulating supply to eventually reduce.

i think that eth would drop, but soon after it would recover

If Vitalik dies ETH will fall down very hard for sure. But it doesn’t mean that the project will stop progressing. At the worst it can be bought by big companies like Microsoft.

ETH would be completely fine if Vitalik left the project. I think there would be some initial panic dumping, that would subside and then things would move forward.

Can not negate that Vitalik has the greatest merit in building EThereum as it is today. If Vitalik leaf out Ethereum project, I think this thing will has a little bad influent to Ethereum but it is still going to continue developing

Regardless Vitalik die or not, Eth will run as normal but the price will be doping a bit when Vitalik really die but soon after that the price will goes up.

Yes, Ethereum will not be affected in anyway. Ethereum is a project and Vitalik is not indispensable as anything can happen. It is more like saying when Steve Jobs dies, did Apple crumble? No, it did not and we still keep seeing apple in the same light as we have been seeing it. One thing is that the market will move on, Ethereum will move on as there are so many developers on board and we will only have a name to remember for Vitalik for coming up with some smart contract platform in the long run. At least, he is a unique figure in this space whether we like it or not.

I am able to understand your concern over being a centralized project. I just wonder about 1000s of other coins which are all being taken care of its one developer or group of developers but if something will happen to them, how it will move to next step. I had never thought in this perspective but now onward need to analyze on this matter more seriously.

I don't remember what year in America the owner of the largest firm died. If I'm not mistaken, the Dow Jones firm. After that, people panicked and thought it was a crash for the company. They started selling shares and only because of their panic the price fell. Not because a man died, but because people panicked. The company continued to work further

I think is not present but the price will strongly fall. Panic will pass and the price will grow back. It creators of this cryptocurrency but does everything team

Ethereum's price should not be based on a single person's life. I don't believe that the death of Vitalikvwill have an effect on Ethereum as majority of the hodler of it were scattered. We can't trust a coin if the price is based on a single investor. Crypto currency isn't made that way.

I am sure that ethereum has become a popular and stable coin so that with or without the inventor of ethereum that is Vitalik then ethereum will always be a favorite, this is the strength of ethereum which is a coin that can be used to make many tokens.

There are many ethereum developers who will continue the works of vitalik if something happened to him maybe the ethereum network will improved or failed but Im sure this developers knew what they can do and what more features they can improved over time etherem will not die of course.

it might also apply like bitcoin, until now we haven't found it, evidence that who is Satoshi Nakamoto and whether he is alive or not, it doesn't even have an impact on bitcoin prices, because the core of crypto is decentralized, maybe this can also be applied if something unexpected happens

I believe that Ethereum is already a self-sufficient coin, and even if God forbid with Vitalik Buterin (in fact, I wish him good health), if something happens, then the ETH network will continue to develop.

Ethereum is a team of project specialists. Perhaps there will be panic at first, but thanks to the team, everything is normalizing. In general, Vitalik is still very young, the way lives for another 100 years this brilliant guy.

Bitcoin is doing quite good without Satoshi, so I do not think any person stop existing in crypto can lead to the failure of Eth. Would be sad however.

I really highly doubt it. We do not even know who satoshi is let alone if we know if he is still alive or dead and yet we still believe in bitcoin. Crypto space does not belong to anyone which is why we call it decentralized which means if god forbid anything happens to vitalik ethereum should not go down.

Now it is not exactly same with bitcoin because we never knew who satoshi was so the idea of bitcoin is to make sure it is not centralized and depending on one guy whereas ethereum always had vitalik and we know who he is and what he says makes a difference but I still think people will follow where money goes and not care about his health.

In my opinion surely eth price will decrease dramatically after that kind of bad news but the end of the road it maybe good for ethereums future. Because eth can be continue like btc and vitalik will be a legendary leader.
You know too many important person become more popular after their death. So in first stage that will be bad but after sometime eth can recover i think .

Vitalik will not be able to work with ETH for all the time of its excistence and earlier or later ETH will survive here with its oun help only. But I think that ETH's value will help it to survive.

Ethereum could stand strong even if its founder is dead. However, considering that many people are quite sensitive with bad news in crypto land, they'll quickly panic sell ETH resulting in a massive decline in its price. With the huge number of developers working on Ethereum day and night, it's quite impossible for the project to become dead anytime soon. Of course, prices could fall drastically within a short time frame, but they could rise again once everything settles. The most important thing is that Ethereum should survive no matter if it has a leader or not.

AFAIK, Litecoin's founder (although not dead yet) has left the project to make it look more decentralized. In the case of Ethereum, it would look more decentralized if it didn’t have a leader behind it every step of the way. Despite this, Ethereum is still decentralized and depends on the efforts of the community to keep it going for years to come. Hence, if Apple is still alive and successful without Steve Jobs, then I believe that Ethereum would perform in a similar way to infinity and beyond. Just my opinion. :)

We would feel it in the price for the short term IMO, but the fundamentals are good and stable, so I do not think Ethereum would be sentenced to death.

LOL, not at all... Vitalik is more a speaker rather than a real developer of the system. This is exactly what decentralisation means, you have no individual that is irreplaceable.

No doubt Vitalik is a very smart buy but there even more intelligent people working on the ecosystem that are in the background and never heard from. 

Bitcoin is doing just fine without Satoshi.  I believe I similar situation would happen if Vitalik Buterin were to disappear. 

And why do you think that Vitalik is going to die? It seems to me that Vitalik did not mean it, because he simply said that the project could live without him because Vitalik no longer leads the main development, that's all.

First of all, no one is going to die ! Secondly, Vitalik said that he did not refuse the offer of Google and will work on his coin, it was about a week ago.

No, not at all. Since Ethereum has already been developed and the programming part is completed I don't think the death of Vitalik will affect ether trading.
Crypto is decentralized and as everyone knows it is being worked with the investors all over the world so the market will rise with the passage of time and the new face after vitalik will be going to handle the eth as well and the projects will be going to work fine like before.

I totally agree with your view. There is no doubt, there will be a negative reaction to the news of his death and it will affect eth price at that moment. However,  a total collapse won't occur as there will be competent personnel that will take over from him.

Not at all. Ethereum is one of the greatest crypto currencies at the moment and it is also too undervalued right now. 200 USD is no the price, that Ethereum deserves and it will pump very soon. Just keep calm and hodl your Ethereum until the bullish market comes.

On my have Buterin all well with health. If he says something that is terminally ill, then of course this news will affect the price.

It seems to me that the value of the coin will grow. A huge number of people are working on the platform. Such events are unlikely to have a negative effect. Ethereum is a very strong project that will continue its development.

It would certainly affect the price of Ethereum. But Ethereum can survive, like other altcoins. The Ethereum blockchain would still exist and won't disappear like this. But how much it can affect the price? I don't really know.
Why are people buying ETH? Because of Vitalik or other purposes? Did Apple disappear after the loss of Steve Jobs? No.

ethereum will not die but has an influence on price if he dies, there might be someone who replaces the task of the vitalic and will continue to develop. don't think too much there is still young.

A funny joke; D Perhaps there is already a line of many Vitaliks waiting for Buterin’s death.  And since there is a huge team and I doubt that the death of even a few of them somehow shattered etherium

Probably not. The situation will be similar to bitcoin--satoshi is not yet known (almost equivalent to being dead) but it is stull functioning how it should be. In retrospect, Ethereum has one of the most active developers and maybe, just maybe, if Vit dies, it would spark a new revolution in crypto.

Vitalik is a very important member of the crypto community, but Ethereum is not about one person, it is much more than that IMO.

If he dies or leaves the project, nothing will happen to Ethereum. This has long been an independent system.

i  can  say  for sure  that  it  can  not  happen  beacause  vitalik  is  not  the only  one  that supprot  bitcoin  and  if it  dies another  vitalik  will come  and there  will be no problem  at  all..

And as he himself recently said, other developers are involved in Ethereum. He does not climb into the process.

IMHO, but yes. When there was news that Vitalik died in a car accident (of course, fake), then Ethereum fell. Yet Acne is the head of the Ethereum, its face. And in general this is the rule. Bad news about the head of some company = drop in the company's shares.

Not so long ago, Vitalik Buterin said that the Ethereum network will quietly work in the normal mode and without it. Are there no talented developers in the project team? Or third-party developers? I think there is. Just a project can be quite different.

Of course not. I did not hear anything more stupid. the ether is already positioning itself and is one of the most popular and multifunctional. so do not invent nonsense!

Ethereum is the second decentralized Cryptocurrency while bitcoin is first Cryptocurrency that is not control or own by single individual or group of people.  Ethereum will continue to develop and evolve with or without vitalik or any particular figure for that matter!

Vitalik is just the public face of Ethereum but there are a thousand people in the background who does the real work so if Vatalik were to die today, the project would not end but it would probably take a temporary hard hit but it would rally eventually.

The price will probably be affected for a little while but as long as the Ethereum team will continue to maintain and develop the ETH platform then I would say that it is still a solid project. I hope you're not planning to kill Vitalik though  ;D

Maybe the broadcast will not fall off, but his course or "shares" will clearly lose their share of the percent

I agree you with you, I don't know how these stuffs goes on their mind. They know eth is becoming very popular in the crypto market, but still they have such silly doubts. Investors check the future of the project before investing not the person. Yes it may impact for few days but not permanently.

Nothing significant will definitely happen, because today the majority of development activities over ETH are moving very productively and without Vitalik, therefore nothing terrible will happen exactly.

Vitalik Buterin is a genious, he created decentralized alternative cryptocurrency. But now, Vitalik for Ethereum project is not needed, Ethereum is a decentralized network with thousands of developers. Some people think that if Vitalik leave Ethereum, it will be much better for Ethereum because it will make Ethereum even more decentralized ;).

It's a platform and it already exists the system works with or without anyone involves. It stable now in terms of transactions and what some developers already doing now is just adding more feature for better use.

As Vitalik himself rightfully pointed out, Ethereum will survive even without him. He is already planning to take a backseat and not to be fronted as the owner anymore. It therefore means that even if he dies, Ethereum will live on.

Let's think logically. If Vitaly Buterin dies, God forbid, of course, the company will simply head a new Director and continue to work. This should not affect the price of Ethereum in any way

As Vitalik tweeted last week there are other main developers who will carry on the project when he one day
leaves the project. Good projects have chance to succeed even if the leader leave.

Not at all someone will overtake the business. But the reliability of the project will be less. And number of factors arises. But it is uncertain scenario.

Vitalik is still very young :)

I hope nothing happens. I don't want to think of a person who is old at this age, even if it's not Ethereum. But I think it will continue to evolve from this moment, whether or not Vitalik.

it just down for short term not on long term. maybe vitalik can be changed by other people who can handle his task
the, developing ethereum depends on 'new' vitalik

I think if this happens then the course of the coin will drop a lot. But the project itself will remain alive and will work. But what will happen then is unknown to me

I don't think it will make the slightest bit of difference to ETH as a whole, it will continue on but it would be without it's leader you could say.  He is talking about moving away from it anyway.

I think yes - Buterin is a movement power of crypto and peple trust to him and not to his currency so I wish to him long years of living)

One good example and also a good answer.

It aint just one human being there anymore. It is a group of people.
Bitcoin is also a good example. Satoshi was not confirmed as dead though but he did leave bitcoin in the hands of the people.

So at the end, it will not be about the Creator but the people who really supported it. As long as they keep on going then its value will never go down.
Some supporters of Vitalik though might withdraw so that could cause the bear market of Ethereum.

Ethereum being the top 2 of cryptocurrency, I don't think that everything is handle by Vitalik. It already grown this big, someone must be there to look after if Vitalik demise which I don't want to happen. Many big companies survived after the death of the founder or CEO, I am pretty sure it will same for Ethereum.

I don’t understand why such a question arose at all ... Vitaliy is a genius, I really like his approach to business, he will  show many more cool products .. Ethereum also has a wonderful future.

Even if Vitalik's death is confirmed, some large organization will buy the rights to Ethereum. There may be rises and falls, but I think that when people's attention is attracted to something, there is always growth. And especially when they talk about cryptocurrency.

It seems to me that nothing will happen, so I think that the project will continue to exist and develop all the same, so I would probably say that nothing bad will happen exactly, this is my opinion.

It will not, the Project is in the community for a long time.
Vitalik is not alone in the team, if he will be gone then there are some people who can continue and develop the ETH better.
Ethereum is already a strong alternative coins, it will not die.

Even though vitalic dies, I think Ethereum will continue to grow, but without Vitalik, Ethereum will probably experience a slight decrease in price, because investors already believe that Vitalik is the life of Ethereum, but Vitalik himself says that Ethereum no longer needs him to continue developing

If this happens, the coin will fall very much, but it will not last long, it will soon have to rise, because it has already proven itself in the market

The only thing that needs dying is such conjectures and rumors. The harsh truth and reality is that no one is indispensable, and all resultant reactions as temporary as life itself.

it is generally some kind of nonsense, when Vitalik’s death and its influence on ethereum is discussed. If you look at Bitcoin, then no one at all knows and does not see Satoshi Nakamoto, but at the same time Bitcoin managed to reach prices as high as $ 20,000 in 2017.

Most big companies have an emergency plan when one of their most important people suddenly dies, expect that Vitalik is smart enough and is working with the right people who know how they should act in such situation.

The best would be if all cryptocurrency teams would publish an emergency plan, so everyone knows that they are prepared for the most disastrous scenario.

Vitaly's death won't change anything. Ethereum will also continue to work. I think that there are shareholders who will not allow the collapse of Ethereum.

Maybe we can effect in the market when he die but I don't think that will be the end of eth. Yeah he is the founder but there is also one team who lead the project at the current stage. I believe in team not only on the founder. So, In my opinion his death not result the end of eth.   ;)

Based in my analysis., Everybody does but in this case there will be a slightly crash on its value, let us remember that he is not the only one running the Ethereum there are many of them behind the success of Ethereum.

I think that it would be like Apple. When Steve Jobs died, company lost a lot of money but they continued to work. And now the capitalization of Apple is so huge. The developers of Ethereum will continue to work if Vitalik die.

I think that Ethereum’s popularity is not only its merit. One person can not unleash. He has a good team. Most likely all options are already provided for the safety of the coin.

It absolutely does, Vitalik have its team members and they might continue their mission and goals even if its leader dies. But I'm pretty sure ETH will drop down at the moment and turn back once the team recover from such loss.

It seems to me that Ethereum doesn't end only on Vitalik Buterin. Yes, he is an important public figure and if he ever leaves Ethereum, it will cause a short-term depreciation. But nothing more. If the development will be successful, and not as bad as now with the planned hard fork, then the ether will be all right.

No. I don't think the Ethereum will die even if Vitalik Buterin dies. The Ethereum has a great team of developers that can take care of Ethereum till eternity with or without Vitalik. He is just another Ethereum co-founder, once he's gone another will take his place.

There maybe some certain backslide if that happens. But I think not, because aside from Vitalik, he have many more developers behind the ethereum coin. And I know for sure, some would step in front and continue the legacy of Vitalik.

You are right, it will create a big impact in ETH if they lose a trusted person. Popularity increases only in the trust of a person and its entire administration. Yes it may take time to recover but it will not die as there is a huge reputation for this coin.

Although Vitalik Buterin is the founder of Ethereum, this does not mean that the price of Ethereum will change with him. Ethereum is a brand, its price is determined by the market, not by a certain person!

I hope nothing will happen to Vitalik, but I think that Ethereum will live long after Vitalik’s death. He has a large and strong team that will develop the product no matter what happens.

Buterin can at least leave the Ethereum community today. and everything will work. other people have been writing code for a long time. but Vitalik is more of a legend.  ;)

First of all, I wish to ask one question: why should Vitalik die? Is he seriously ill? The guy simply said once that IF he stops to work at Ethereum, nothing would happen to altcoin. ETH is cool enough and strong.

Well i don't think so because as BTC even as the "creator" is no longer here or anonymous it still become one of the most famous currencies right now and i think ETH may dump but still get on the market.

Of course it won't fail , because Vitalik is not the only developer who works on the project. Perhaps he is the most public and well-known of the team, but I am sure that they will be able to develop the project without Vitalik. Of course, such news could have a very negative effect on Ethereum's price, but with time, the price would recover if the development team will do their job .

I do not think that the vitalik will die soon ;D. It seems to me that the team at ethereum is very good and they could develop the project without it

I don't think so, because what makes Ethereum survive or fail is investors and not Vitalik. because in my opinion even though Vitalik is dead but there are still many people who use and invest Etheruem then I'm sure Ethereum will definitely survive and succeed, but if no one believes Ethereum again then I'm sure Etheruem will fail even though Vitalik isn't dead.

That's certainly true, mate. Ethereum might survive after all, due to the vast amount of developers working on it. Perhaps, after Vitalik dies, members of the foundation might find someone that would replace Vitalik as the new leader of the Ethereum project. If developers and the public in general become interested in advancing Ethereum for the future, then there shouldn't be any reason for the cryptocurrency project to fail anytime soon.

Of course, things will head south due to Vitalik's death, but I believe it's only temporary as Ethereum becomes highly demanded by people in the mainstream world for access to a wealth of ERC-20 tokens available on the blockchain. As such, the same way Apple survived even with Steve Jobs' death, the same could probably happen to Ethereum. Only this time, another leader could emerge, or the project would head in its own direction guided by the community. Just my opinion :)

in this case trust will remain the main. I agree with you, even though vitalik still exists but investor confidence is reduced to ethereum there will be potential to die. so in this context trust remains the main thing for ethereum's and crypto's future

Vitalik won't die soon :D But most cryptos (BTC including) can be completely different in 10-15 years from now

I think there would be no serious problems if Vitalik died. There will be people in the development team replacing him. And everything is fine.

In my opinion Ethereum will still life when the founder died, because there are alot of others team developer possible to keep continue to development the platform and the technology. Ethereum community is big and keep bigger in every year because this technology is young and has big potential to give more benefits to the many industry. Just like Bitcoin still live although the sathosi nakamoto does not exist anymore and he is not real.

This was shok for community and eth, but after we see stabilizing.
This project massive and my vision Buterin already not main person in eth, in other way he for long time ago deployed pos

No, I don't think so, ethereum will be able to survive even though the vitalic is dead, I believe that, ethereum coint is good and strong and I am sure it will last a long time

maybe you have thought too far, but if the vitalic dies or leaves the crypto industry, there must be one of his team who will replace him. etherum will not die, but will lose a little of its value, and with a new project with a new team, surely etherum will return to the market to be even better.

I think that, with Ethereum, will all well! I think that by the end of 2018, ETH will cost 1000 + dollars.

I don't think that is how it work, even if the team of Ethereum is changing, but it won't makes ETH failing. That is because Ethereum already standing firm and it already supported by a strong community.

If we take into account that facenews about Vitalik's death last time brought down Ethereum by 30% in a couple of hours, then I think if he really dies Ethereum will die too :D

I assess the influence of Vitalik is quite large with the crypto community. and independent creativity when leaving the ETC. Evidence that ETH has reborn the best and more appropriate, more effective. But to look at this situation, ETH will be a bit difficult but as I think it will not collapse by any person.:)

Ethereum not fail, but I'm sure that in cryptocurrency world so much FUD after it happen, and the price ethereum will dump for sometime

what a nice question though, It's kind of funny lol, I think it will never die because there are thousands of Ethereum developers involve and there are also very solid core developers even if Vitalik will die in the future Ethereum will still alive.

I think that all these rumors are created intentionally or intentionally. Someone benefits from it. So try not to pay attention to it. Vitalik Buterin will live, unless of course with him and actually happen some emergency. In life it is different and nobody is immune. If you are so worried about the volatility of the ETH rate, then sell some of your coins and buy them less volatile. Thereby safeguarding their capital from the spike down.

I think it's the opposite sign of what is the future of the project if the boy dies. Or at least, if he just leaves this project.

I think that this project will live no matter what happens with Vitalik. At the moment he is not the only developer of this project.

Well, this is of course unlikely. As for Vitalik, I’m not sure that only Vitalik is behind the ether and a lot does not depend on him now, but he still has a great influence on eth, but I think this is a matter of time.

All these thoughts about the fact that Buterin could stop working appeared after his recent interview. After that he gave an explanation that he was misunderstood and he will continue to work.

You have a point but his death may have effect but it would be for the main time Ethereum will surely  bounce back. There are lot of big company that still survive even if a vital person die among them.... So I don't see that as an illustration that Ethereum won't survive.

In any case - I am sure that the network of ethereum will continue to work and improve even without Buterin, if something happens to him or he wants to stop working

ethereum will certainly be further developed, even without vitalik. i think ethereum is already too big and certainly will not just die with or without vitalik.

I don't think so. Because Ethereum is a very popular currency, It is not dependent on the CEO anymore, Like Bitcoin! No one knows who is Satoshi, but the value of Bitcoin keeps rising over the world because people are the power here. But If vitalik dies then Ethereum development may stop or the price will not be the same but Its value will remain one in the top 10 crypto coins.

Just today I have read in reddit a post about how the ethereum platform geth is the 5th fastest growing github project. And it is the 5th largest github project in general. This means that there are so many people involved in the ethereum platform, researching and developing ethereum that it will probably never stop at this point. If Vitali dies or reject ethereum, the community will keep on coding

Recently Vitalik Buterin wrote on his twitter that if he was not there, the project would be able to work without it. I think that's true. Currently, its value in the project is not so great.

well i am not sure taht tne death of something like vitalik can change soemthing for the string  ryptocurr3ncy like ethereum

ethereum might be dead but it is not going to happen in the nearest future so i think that we shall not worrg about it

Definitely no. ETH today is not Vitalik only. I see several teams and many developers. And I don't tell about other teams that make sidechains possibilities, Plasma, Raiden, other extensions. I think they can continue ETH development if it will be needed. Nothing worried

I don't think so. Crypto is already going down and it feels like its about to die even though its not. If Vitalik dies, his crypto coins will definitely go to his family. I am sure that he had made a last will of testament. I don't think the market will crash when Vitalik dies because he only has a portion of the whole crpyto world.

Well it could be this and that but, you know, no one really knows. Satoshi Nakamoto is gone and bitcoin is still alive and kicking so maybe if V. Buterin is gone Ethereum will still continue and will even be better than it is today or will just be a history.

This currency ethereum has been established for more years and just like bitcoin, it couldn't be vanished around blockchain. Many of vitalik's co developers has been making ethereum as strong cryptocurrency following the footsteps of bitcoin, which may rise same as how bitcoin soars at higher popularity.

Yes. That could happen right after Vitalik's death. However, the most important thing is that Ethereum remains alive as a decentralized cryptocurrency project for the masses. The decline in price would be temporary, allowing anyone to buy cheap ETH before the market recovers again. Once the FUD is over, then prices will start to rise again, becoming a profitable opportunity for those who got in earlier when prices were low.

Even if there's no replacement for Vitalik in the future, the project might head its own way as the community guides it every step of the way. On the other hand, Bitcoin has survived without its leader Satoshi Nakamoto. Which means that the same thing could happen with Ethereum, as it remains without a leader, but supported by a wealth of developers and community members. Rest assured, that once Vitalik dies, the mainstream media will be spreading FUD against Ethereum, to scare people away. But none of that matters, since cryptocurrency projects are used to FUDs all the time. Just my opinion :)

No. I don't think so. There's no way ethereum will fail after Vitaliks death because there are more people patronizing the project and people are investing in it.

Well no one heard anything from satoshi for a while, and after his last post on this forum, who knows is he dead or alive. Maybe he was hit by a bus after 12 dec 2010?! And where did price go after he disapered?

There are are more serious forces and investors behind Vitalik, such as Ethereum Foundation. He often appears on the screens because of the peculiar appearance, which gives a great charisma to the project, but the main development has long been carried out not by him.

Yes, his external data make you trust this person and probably make popular Ethereum. This psychological trick is the perfect opposite of the Invisible- Satoshi.

Microsoft is among many big companies and government agenciez that have invested in ethereum. No ethereum is not dead and will grow even bigger n the future.

Exactly. Even after the disappearance of Satoshi, Bitcoin has growth in price and popularity over time. No one knows what happened with the pioneer cryptocurrency's founder, because he/she/they was/were anonymous. However, it's quite impressive to see the project take its own course without its founder guiding it. As such, if Bitcoin managed to become a strong cryptocurrency without its founder, then Ethereum could probably head into the same direction.

The main difference between Bitcoin's and Ethereum's founder, is their identities in the real world. Since Bitcoin's founder was anonymous, no one knows for certainty if he/she/they is/are still alive. On the other hand, Ethereum's founder is well-known to the public, which could have a negative effect over the cryptocurrency's price within a short time frame, as FUD spread all over mainstream media. Such case is very unlikely for Bitcoin since the founder was never known or revealed to the public. In effect, it wouldn't have a negative impact over Bitcoin's price, the same way it would be in Ethereum since everyone knows who created the project.

Therefore, what could happen is that Ethereum's price could decline massively after Vitalik's death within a short time frame. However, once everything is calmed down, you could expect for prices to rise again as demand increases from people in the mainstream world. With the supportive community and active development team Ethereum has, Vitalik could be easily replaced without having a bad impact over the project's longevity within the blockchain space. Just my opinion :)

No, I do not think so, like many others, I believe that everything will be fine, because ETH is a full-fledged project that can exist by itself, so I think that everything will be fine and the project will remain one of the major projects in this area.

I think that Vitalik is not very important for Ethereum, he is something like an advisor. Ethereum just like other cryptocurrencies is a decentralized project.
So without him Ethereum will be even more decentralized, no big name with a big power.

We are all going to die someday, but I don't know where to get that he umrecu I think acne is in order should a tragedy occur then the rate of course will fall but in the world a lot of good developers !

Yes. With Vitalik's absence, Ethereum could become more decentralized as all the efforts would be focused on the community itself. The same way Bitcoin could manage to survive without its founder Satoshi Nakamoto, the same way could be for Ethereum. With the vast amount of developers working each day to improve Ethereum, I believe that there shouldn't be any reason to worry if Vitalik dies anytime soon. Of course, the price will go down the drain for a short amount of time, but it'll quickly recover as soon as the market settles.

When comparing Ethereum with Litecoin, both have founders which are still alive. However, Litecoin's founder has been distancing himself from the project, to make it look as decentralized as possible. He even sold all his Litecoin, which means that he wants to avoid becoming associated with the project. In contrast, Ethereum's founder is still involved with the project, but he hasn't announced that he sold (if he ever had some Ethereum) any of his coins (as far as I'm aware).

Nevertheless, if the Ethereum project remains as decentralized as possible then there's nothing to worry about. While Vitalik is seen as a strong leader for Ethereum by many, he could easily be replaced by someone in the future. Just my opinion :)

It could happen like 2 years ago, but now there is ethereum foundation which will manage eth development and Vitalik is no longer needed.

No eth will not fail if vitalik dies. Only that can cause dump surely as expected. But after that everything will turn to normal situation i think.
Because ethereum foundation already have too many developers with amazing skills. Now vitalik is the symbol of ethereum  he is very valuable person and dev.
But eth can continue without vitalik.

Butering support ethereum and I don't think that this option is possible. People trust to ethereum and invest a lot of money in it

This is depends from whate rate ethereum will have in the future. Butering is a muvement of ethereum and all investors trust to Vitalik

This is why I am very happy with the Anonymity of Satoshi Nakamoto. We are having this fears regarding Ethereum because we all know who the founder Vitalik Buterin. Maybe he too should have been anonymous from the beginning. His death may crash the Ethereum price completely to maybe even $0. Everyone may give up on the project, and move over to other blockchains.

It's a kinda tricky question. If Vitalik dies (which I don't ever pray for though), ethereum will not die  but it will likely suffer temporary price decline. But with the other members of the competent dev team, it will recover again with time and may even get better than before.

If it really happens than for sure it will be a small drop for ethereum but in the end it will grow more than we expect it to right now

Well, this is the point to say,he's the head stage of the project,but I think that he is now in the circle itself so many specialists have obladanie that rummage very well,so I think that there is,as now working directly team order for the draft has shown itself as a success,as they say, one is a warrior!

Why so radically ask a question?It is possible that he will simply retire, and it will be very good.Vitalik Acne is the centralization of ethereum.

I think that Vitalik is not the only developer of Ethereum, therefore his death will not lead to the fall of such a strong and interesting project.

That's the point. If Ethereum's founder would've been anonymous in the first place, then people in the mainstream world wouldn't pay much attention to him. However, since he's a public figure, all the eyes are in him, as anything he says could either benefit the Ethereum project or destroy it altogether. Of course, Ethereum is still a decentralized cryptocurrency project, but it could've been better without a leader whose identity has been exposed to the world. There's a feeling that once Vitalik dies, the price of Ethereum will fall to devastating lows.

As such, people will quickly panic, and mainstream media will spread FUD declaring the death of the Ethereum project. However, prices could start to rise again, once everything settles on the market. This may take some time though, as it's the norm once something bad happens in crypto land. For example, Bitcoin has been massively dumped across this year, and it still hasn't increased in price after quite some time. The same thing will happen with Ethereum once Vitalik dies, but in the end, the project will survive and emerge stronger than ever as a decentralized smart contract platform for the masses.

Nevertheless, while Vitalik is still alive, there should be nothing to worry about. Just my thoughts ;D

From my point of view, nothing terrible exactly will happen, because today ETH looks very promising and even Vitalik says that he is no longer developing this project, I think this is already an indication that he will survive without Vitalik.

I think yes, like iPhone after Steve's death. ETH can be dumped to a big ZERO if Vitalik dies

I think yes, because Vitalik is the founder of this coins. The brilliant idea of ethereum all goes to the founder itself. Now if he dies surely it is still questionable of the future of ethereum. Surely a big downfall of the price may occur when that happens.

Personally, I think that Ethereum, screwed up with updates. And now it’s not at all clear what will happen to him. The course must still sag. And competitors will rise one step higher.

i do not understand why you make such a question because it is decentralised it  does not depend only on vitalik if it dies maybe in price there will be some ups and downs but it will recover itself for sure in a short time.

In the Ethereum, there is no theoretical failure, and there are many stable coins based on Ethereum. Perhaps Ethereum will gradually move towards a stable increase, and the future Ethereum may become very stable.

I believe many people will keep continue their work with ethereum, blockchain will support any financial instrument, so nothing too worry. Ethereum maybe fail but maybe only change name and become more successful than before. Ethereum only product and change name if fail is the option but not with blockchain.

If one developer of ethereum die even if it's vitalik, it will not affect the progress of developing etherum. Vitalik is not the only smart guy in developing ethereum.

Buterin has already left the project ethereum, so it does not affect the coin. But in any case I do not think that ethereum has a good future. The coin will continue to fall in price, because it cannot move against the general market trend.

No, because Vitalik  is not the only developer of Ethereum project, there are many other developers and if Vitalik leaves, they can continue developing Ethereum. This had happened to Bitcoin before, Satoshi Nakamoto was known as the main developer of Bitcoin but after he left the project, Bitcoin is still acting well.

Like any other project, ethereum is not a “one man team” project. I think Vitalik is only the face of the ethereum project but there is a strong team behind him. Well if the unfortunate happens, the team may lack his leadership but will definitely be able to hold the project up to standards especially with the help of the Whitepaper.

I think this news willn't destroy ethereum, but its price will drop very much. Vitalik holder of a large number of coins.

It seems to me that no, since he is not alone in the project team, he actually provided most of the product, but the project also has other team members who are also able to maintain and develop the product.

He already told that, even he leave the project, the project will continue without a problem.

Ethereum is bigger than just a man.

Ethereum has made their project already!
they have the team to continue the growth of the token.
Vitalik is just a man, Ethereum has a team to manage the project.

That's certainly true, mate. However, I'm afraid that if Vitalik dies, Ethereum's price will fall drastically to lows that were never seen since last year. As an investor, this concerns me a lot because mainstream media will spread FUD causing new Ethereum investors to panic sell their coins. Of course, without a doubt the Ethereum project will survive since it has the most talented developers in the world of Blockchain. However, events such as the death of Vitalik could cause a lot of FUD for quite some time across cryptocurrency exchanges. :(

Given that Ethereum has a proven development record ever since it launched back 3 years ago, it'll be quite impossible to take down. Perhaps, right after Vitalik dies, another leader would be placed by the Foundation itself. What matters is that Ethereum could survive as a cryptocurrency project with the purpose of delivering real use cases for the mainstream world. Only then, Ethereum could stand the test of time just like Bitcoin. ;)

If Vitalk Buterin died, it would be impossible for ETH to stop working because someone else would take over the ETH technology. Only ETH's prices will be affected as investors will lose confidence in the crypto when Vitalk dies. So do not hesitate to invest in ETH.

Indeed, Vitalik has many connections with crypto and if ever he will lost his life that's not a problem. His group will continue what he begun to do, because other altcoins relied on ethereum platform. If this currency will be stop many coins will fail and won't continue to gain their project roadmap bacause of that reason of failing. We must not expect worst for eth, instead we should help the community grow stronger.

surely the ethereum will fail because the vitali is the branded face of ethereum and it is thanks to him that this coin has so many fans and such success. it would be a huge loss

It seems to me that you are burying a nano vitalo. he is still very young)) but if such a situation occurs, it will undoubtedly affect the price, but the catastrophe will not happen, since there are still people in the Ethereum team.

Was there any evidence proving that Vitalik died? I don't think his death would have a massive impact on the price of ETH. Since, it is the investors and cryptocurrency users who literally put some values to it.

its impossible to fail even vitalik dies, because theres more can run the ethereum

I don't think Ethereum will die that easily if Mr.Vitalik will be dead. The most possible that it will step down as the number 1 Altcoin but it will not be obsolete because Ethereum is already build a deep foundation of trust among the users as erc20 standars therefore it will continue in the market with or without Vitalik as for sure their vital datas are well stored at their special place.

This has little to do with the founder. It is important to know that the commercial value of Ethereum has been fully released, although the ICO bubble has now broken and the price of Ethereum has returned to rationality. But it won't go away. It still exists at least a few years later.

Perhaps it will affect the charisma of the project and the team but only in a very small way but it will continue to be great nonetheless. Because Vitalik is a huge personality in the crypto space and he is like the equivalent of a celebrity in hollywood in the crypto version.

Really interesting question. I think the price of ETH would fall but for some period. A lot of money is invested in its mining around the world and a lot of projects are based on its blockchain. Ethereum has a huge support behind it that the most probably would help to avoid problems related to this situation

I think that every one these rumors square measure created deliberately or deliberately. somebody edges from it. therefore strive to not listen to that. Vitalik Buterin can live, unless in fact with him and truly happen some emergency. In life it's completely different and no-one is immune. If you're therefore disturbed regarding the volatility of the ETH rate, then sell a number of your coins and get them less volatile. Thereby safeguarding their capital from the spike down.

It mights happen just for a while as an effect of negative news.
Ethereum foundation has experienced team and Vitalik death won't affect it in a hard way.

I think there would be some serious market dump such news, a lot of persons may think his death will mean death of the coin initially. Price of the coin will recover if eventually the coin utility continue to exist and a good replacement and other mangers take over. Afterall a lot of new knew about Vitalik for the first time before buying Etherium

We can assume that there will be a small drawdown in the price ,and then everything will be restored as it is collective work and the team will not allow the Ethereum to disappear.Vitalik, live long.

Vitalik is very young boy and i do not think he will die soon :) is Microsoft will die after the Bill Gates die or apple died ? there are development teams, managers or something like that. like normal company. Vitalik is face of etherium and i think he is face of altcoins.

What a strange question:D As i know, Vitalik is not the only developer in ethereum team:)) There are a lot of other genious guys and nothing will change if smth happen

The same question asks you: Will bitcoin fail if Satoshi Nakamoto dies?
The answer is obvious, this will not happen, whether Satoshi Nakamoto or Vitalik Buterin have completed their mission, the rest is left to the market to complete.
To understand one truth: Satoshi Nakamoto ≠ Bitcoin   and   Vitalik Buterin ≠ Ethereum.

What about Satoshi Nakamoto? If satoshi we still doesn't know his real him and his profile. But his project and agenda still here and still exist. What about Vitalik of course it will still exist either he die or not. His legacy will continue with his remaining team and the development still remain and exist. That price we can't still be predict.

Vitalik, of course, a professional, but he recently admitted that the Ethereum project can exist autonomously, without his participation. And I agree with that. He isn't the only developer on the platform, he is just the most famous and many people are guided by his opinion. But, I think, if something happens to Vitalik, it will still negatively affect the price of ether and provoke mass sales in the short and medium term.

Yes right, ethereum is independent and doesn't depend on Vitalik, even I'm sure Mr. Vitalik will not be able to change or damage Ethereum because the ethereum system is well formed, whatever happens with it will not have an impact on ethereum.

It has been said many times that nothing bad will happen, but on the whole, of course, Vitalik’s departure may still have a very negative effect for some time, because all investors are used to seeing Vitalik as the leader and the main developer of the ETH platform.

Ethereum has been completed, and of course if Vitalik dies then this has no effect with ethereum, the market and users who will make ethereum's future good or dead.

No, the platform ethereum is a big team. The project itself is now the second most popular crypto project in the world. Even if Vitalik leaves the team, the project will continue to evolve.

Of course no, Buterin already nodoby in the etherium.
Look they want deploy pos for 2 years already, but cant do it. because there is bigg boss make show

In addition to Vitalik Buterin himself, the ether has a huge number of developers, this was proved by a recent conference on Ethereum Devcon 4 and Ethereum 2.0. These people are real fans of ether, so they do not throw a cheaper asset, and continue to work on it.

this event (death of Darth Vitalik) will drop price of ethereum, but not fail all project at whole. He is a face of project (maybe a little bit strange face :0) , but he not the only one, community alredy developed

i think ethereum is very strong coin and will grow and grow in the future with the project and ERC20. Vitalik have good team and i think ethereum will not fail if vitalik dies.

Vitalik was created to be decentralized and open source at the very beginning so that means it's expected not to depend on the one person but the entire community to continue developing ethereum to its fulles potential. people are just not realizing that one person can't bring ethereum down.

Thank God no. Vitaly is the creator, and he has already created a project, with his death his brainchild will continue his work. A huge community will continue to develop and support the project. Long life to the Vitalik.

Of course not, if we notice that ethereum is without Vitalik, most devs. is from a third party that makes smart contracts, ethereum market and tokens, if he dies then ethereum will continue to grow.

Speaking from the point of view of usefulness for ETH, then undoubtedly this will have a good effect on the coin, and it will gain at least some decentralization! But on the other hand, Vitalik’s face is the face of ETH, and it’s not clear how large investors will react to this situation!

Yes, it would fail, but I think there would be some of his friends or family that could take it over and still make it good. I hope so that he has some of that so Ethereum wouldn't fail in the future when he is finally gone.

If this happens, the first price will fall, but later will return to their positions, it's not one person moves everything, and the whole team, so do not bother filed questions.

Such event most likely would induce some FUD and make people dump but it wont make ETH die. It is insane idea, ETH is not centralized and not managed by Vitalik exclusively.

I just do not understand where everyone has so much negativity and anger ?! be more positive. everything will be fine with ethereum and why does Vitaly have to die?

It can cause some price drop but after that eth can continue with full speed like past times. I know ethereum have too many devs. Yes we know Vitalik  and he is professional but i believe behind the scene too many people working for ethereum and they can handle it if Vitalik dies.. Surely i hope vitalik will live until his 90. birthday or more .

Vitalik is a very important person as far as Ethereum is concerned. But now that currency has grown much bigger than the wildest dreams of Vitalik. There are hundreds or thousands of developers and so Vitalik is not some one who cannot be replaced.

I think this is absurd. And here the news about the death of Vitaly Buterin to the rate of Etherium? I think this is pure manipulation. You write if there is no cryptocurrency leader, then there will be no cryptocurrency itself. And what do you say about bitcoin? Where is this mysterious founder of bitcoin? And maybe it is not at all, or it is a completely different person or even a group of people. After all, this does not affect the price of bitcoin! I believe that the point is not the founders, namely, the cryptocurrency itself and its platform. My opinion is better and more useful than the Etherium platform yet and it is unlikely that we will see soon. Based on this, I can conclude that Etherium will grow. As for Vitalik Buterin and news about his death. I wish him health and long life and I think that you should not do such comparisons.

Yes, if he dies it will drastically reduce the price for some time being but that will not be the end of Ethereum. Vitalik is not the only one behind Ethereum, there are many developers working behind the scene that we do not really know them and they will not abandon the project.

I'm a fan of Ethereum, i will still believe whatever happens to ethereum. They still have a community and are not only focused on one person, So in my opinion, ethereum will continue to grow and continue to grow. Lots of people take advantage of this opportunity to buy it at current prices.

Ethereum may be his brainchild but do not think it is really dependent upon him only. Just like any business goes on with CEOs changing, Ethereum will go on with or without Vitalik.

At the last conference, there was a very warm and positive atmosphere that inspired confidence in the future of the project. Now I think that it is worth waiting for the upcoming update of the network, it will determine how the future fate of the project will develop.
Do not prematurely write off with Vitaly counts.

In my opinion, even if something happens to Vitalik, which of course would not be very desirable, then Ethereum will be able to fully develop together with the team that he has!

I don't think ethereum will fail in case Vitalik will suddenly die because I'm pretty sure he has someone whom he will pass on and entrust his entire legacy be it his money and other very important things that will make his name still alive even when his gone.

Yes. Ethereum might survive after Vitalik's death, especially since there's a lot of money invested into it. There are a lot of developers and ordinary people supporting this smart contract platform, which means that it'll be hard to take down anytime soon. Given the level of popularity Ethereum has gained over just a couple of years after launch, it could be said that it's similar to Bitcoin in every way. Of course, something as tragic as Vitalik's death would cause the price per ETH to fall, but it should be a matter of time before the market recovers.

There are still a lot of things to be done, and while Vitalik is still alive, Ethereum could take the right step into becoming a smart contract platform that's unstoppable. In fact, Ethereum is already unstoppable since it has a lot of hashpower supporting the security of its blockchain. With the transition from PoW to PoS, things are going to become even better for Ethereum. Therefore, I don't think that Vitalik's death should be any reason to worry if there's a replacement that would help the project move on to new heights. Just my thoughts ;D

The past has proven that vitalik is a crucial part in ethereums success. When the rumours came the first time around the prices crashed super badly. Hence, I think ethereum will fall if he dies.

Maybe ethereuem right now have die without Vitalik still live, look how drop of ethereum price more than three months and never got higher price, how to make ethereum could growing back again to higher price.

Should cause fall for a short while, but ethereum certainly won't die, there will be someone else who would take over.

I think not, ethereum has complete, there is no debug or error when using ethereum, if Vitalik die certainly does not have any impact on ethereum, the proof is that everyone can make ethereum based tokens without permission so that it becomes a good opportunity in the future.

I agree, although Vitalik has an important role in the development of ethereum, still if he dies, surely there will also be someone who can replace his position, although later the price of ethereum must fall first

Yes... that is the way I think about it as well. Ethereum is not a one man army, at least now. There are a lot of competent developers out there who can sort out the bugs and issues. But the price is going to crash quite heavily.

I think the price will dump dramatically in this case but then it will go back as soon as people understand that ethereum project will live in any case. Vitalik is not the only person here who develops this project. He is just the one who most of the people know as the founder. But I don't think that ethereum can't live without him.

I don't think ethereum will big dump if Vitalik is dead maybe down a little, ethereum will continue running I'm sure of that because many people like eth and I'm sure they will replace a good leader.

We allready know Apple and Steve Jobs. Apple still huge company, lider. IN MY opinion ETHEREUM will continue growth

You're right. Apple is still the leading company in smartphone industry after Steve Jobs death. Same goes with ethereum. The ethereum price may be declined so hard if Vitalik died but the project won't fail. Ethereum has a big community that will help the continuation of ethereum's development.

I dont think so, its like bitcoin when satoshi nakamoto abandon bitcoin it doesnt fail infact bitcoin is getting progress in every year. Thats why if Vitalik will die ethereum will survive and continous to grow and progressing in the future.

Vitalik hasn't been involved in a life threatening accident or recently died of a serious illness so what is the point of asking questions like this?

No project is bigger than any one person, did Apple collapse when Steve Jobs died?

We are in a decentralized technology which has nothing to do with the founder life or any other thing but people are just nothing and used to fud, which will only react to the market at that particular point in time and surely the market will stabilize again and every thing will normalise . His death will not crash eth just as Satoshi where about does have any thing to do with btc price.

I don't think so because any good leader who is spearing any project makes sure that he puts in place someone who can step into his shoes whiles he is gone and i believe that Vitalik has someone among his team who can also lead the Ethereum project to great success when he is no more.
Long live Vitalik because i want to see the Ethereum project fully developed to the max!

I don't think so because there are a group of people behind Ethereum to move the blockchain to further level, besides there is a group of people in Ethereum Alliance where they will develop the Ethereum blockchain to further level developments by adding new features to it.

Ethereum as it is still an open protocol cryptocurrency, I think if by any reason Vitalik could not go on with ethereum, other developers can continue where he stopped and the growth and development of ethereum can continue!

This is a strange question. Capitalists usually pay special attention to the founder of a product. Like Jobs, when Apple lost Jobs, it represents the decline of Apple? If so, at least prove that you are an investor with a future thinking. The legendary identity is in line with you.

As the saying goes, "A holy place is never empty." on Vitali the place will come just someone else.

Ethereum is not a Vitalik Buterin, but a large corporation. If something happens to the Vitalik, it will definitely affect the short-term or medium-term price change, but not in the long run.

In a short time yes I think it would affect but in long term not that much because They are a team and it's not just one person , when Steve Jobs died it affected on Apple stock but after a while it becomes the most precious company in the world in 2016 .

There may be someone who will inherit the ownership of ethereum or maybe ethereum is owned by not just one but a multiple individual. Corporate project is good than a sole owned one, due to the deals that will be done in every transactions and maybe that is what ethereum made of.

Vitalik will live forever! ;D But seriously Buterin has long wanted to reduce its impact on Ethereum.

If this happens the price of ETH will drop dramatically. But the whole ETH network is not only held on Vitalik Buterin. There are other team members who will continue to develop the project. And the price will return to the previous level and will continue to grow. No, not replaceable people. Just as after the death of Steve Jobs, Apple continued its journey, and remained one of the most expensive companies in the world.

It was not, because the founder have already have heirs to continue the project, and also there are many developers behind in that project. If he dies, well the next founder will be happy haha.

Of course on the course it will play , unless of course he dies but it is unlikely , but even if it were not for acne, there are also other people who can also move product !

ETH is self developing project. Yes, it has team but also it has many independent teams. And Vitalik has today more regulating role then developing. And of course he is ETH face  :D And without him I'm sure project will develop not worse

Without doubts Vitalik Buterin's death will strongly affect the price of a coin and its further development. But I don't think that the coin will die together with him forever.

It certainly would not be so good, should vitalik die, but it certainly would not be the end of ethereum.
Certainly the development would be taken over and continued by other people.

What printing line that users of cryptocurrency opoloumel and ask very moronic questions. Why talk about the death of Vitalik Buterin, when this man is just over 20 years old?

I believe that Vitalik's death will only improve the situation of Ethereum. It will not be controlled by a maniacal person, but everything will be decided by the community.

I do not think so. Because Ethereum is a very popular currency, it no longer depends on the CEO, like bitcoin! Nobody knows who Satoshi is, but the value of Bitcoin continues to grow throughout the world, because there is power here. But if vitalik dies, then the development of Ethereum may stop or the price will not be the same, but its value will remain one of the 10 best crypt coins.

If the project is correctly built, no death of Buterin will be able to bury Ethereum. The work at ETH team established, is not this ever the Ethereum Scam.  ;)

You do have a point there, mate. If Apple could survive even after Steve Jobs' death, then Ethereum could survive after Vitalik's death. Compared with Apple, Ethereum is a decentralized entity which has millions of people working on it. This means that, the project could evolve over time with or without Vitalik. On the other hand, Apple is centralized and could easily fail if there isn't anybody capable of making the company succeed. Not everyone could join to help such entity survive, which means that it's easier for it to fail in the long term.

As such, if Apple did it without Jobs, then Ethereum could do it without Buterin. It's believed that Ethereum will become more scalable and widely adopted by people in the mainstream world as time goes by. Of course, once the devastating news of Vitalik's death appears across mainstream media, prices will fall. However, just like with any other cryptocurrency, prices will rise again due to continued interest from everyday people.

Nonetheless, Ethereum will become as strong as Bitcoin in the future. The only difference would be that Ethereum will be used for various purposes, while Bitcoin will be used only as a store of value. Just my thoughts ;D

I didn't know that Vitalik was about to die... or are we talking in a supposed case? if so, projects as solid as eth are always created by several people, so I doubt very much that everything falls apart due to the death of one person, you only have to look at all the big companies that have been in the market for centuries and generations.

Vitalik indeed became an important figure behind the ethereum and she has a great influence on the success of the ethereum. If he goes it will be depending on whether the teams behind them are able to work stable and retaining the ethereum be altcoin at best. However, it also seems difficult to sustain without an important figure like Vitalik.

No one will argue - Vitalik has really made a huge contribution to the successful development of the modern crypto community. Personally, I am very grateful to him for the tremendous work for the successful development of cryptography. But even after his departure, Ethereum will be able to maintain its strategy of stable and successful development.

I'm not sure if ETH's Viatil will collapse.
we have to see first about the successor of Vitalik, are there any future generations or not?
If there is, then I'm not worried at all.

There's no doubt that vitalik has contributed a lot into ethereum. However, ethereum will not fail even if vitalik dies. Ethereum will continue to survive. It has a great potential.

Vitalik was the mind behind ethereum, however, it was created by a team of professionals, not by Vitalik alone. So, I think ethereum will still survive even if Vatalik dies one day. It can still be developed and improved by the team. It depends on the ethereum supporters whether they will panic sell just because Vitalik is gone or not.

The Ethereum blockchain programs development was the hand work of a team of blockchain experts including Vitalik Buterin, and it's an open source, I don't think Vitalik death alone only one among the team could cause a major drop on the price of Ethereum because vitalik Buterin name has no demand and supply functions which are the determinants of crypto market price.

Your question is similar to "will the price of bitcoin drop when satoshi nakamoto leaves the project?"
I think not. As long as the project he creates has its own qualities and uniqueness that can benefit people, then the project will still be in the hearts of people. There may even be a next successor who will replace Vitalik if he dies.

The discussion about this might be one of the most viral for crypto currencies, because we know that Vitalik is the most important behind the success of Ethereum, but I feel that even if he dies or withdraws from Ethereum, it will no longer have an impact , I've seen him in an interview and he said that Ethereum will remain strong even without him.

If Vitalik's death is true, I don't think it will have much effect on Eth. I'm sure Vitalik has thought about all that. He must have prepared and appointed a team to continue in Eth's development if he later died. And he is sure will pass on to their children to continue what he has built. That way, I'm sure Eth will last even more.

Honestly a very weird thing to discuss but logical because human physiology is undeniable ! I Think it will weaken the position but once we know the name of the new Director the price will rise ! Such a giant should always have an influential representative !

I do not believe that ETH will die at the same time as its main developer. It seems to me that this system is independent and will be able to develop without the first founders.

vitalik is the main factor in ethereum's raise. nobody can say the opposite. he is clever and enough active in the ecosystem. i dont think the project dies aswell if vitalik dies but it loose so much strength for sure.

If Vitalik dies, I think it shouldn't have serious effect on the architecture and protocol of ethereum since ethereum is open source and well decentralized platform, I believe development will continue and ethereum platform will keep getting better!

Apple did not fail. Eth won't

I think that in such a scenario, ether will have an initial dump in price but then it will recover. The Ethereum platform will go on regardless of the founder. It's a foundation with many developers working there.

I doubt his death news will affect ethereum on the long run because he has set up a foundational institute to desearch and development of Ethereum. So ethereum will actually become his legacy to the free world and it will grow from strength because structures have already be designed and put in place to enable steady growth

I don't think so. Any alternate coin should not be dependent on just one guy. It made no sense if it does as crypto currency should be available to anyone. Monopoly shouldn't be practice on any form of investment and crypto is not an exemption. Also, if Vitalik dies, I believe that his assets are already set to be transferred to any person he desired.

The only problem is that such news can greatly affect the price of the token, and then spend some time recovering the price. What is not good for the project as a whole.

I think this event will be very negative for the price of Ether. Usually, people are keenly reacting to similar events in the world of cryptocurrencies.

i don't think so now we have a very powerful ethereum alliance in place ethereum now is the most powerful crypto ecosystem in the space that relay the real world and the blockchain

I will use Bitcoin as an example- you hear about Satoshi Nakamoto but you haven’t seen him or know where he is, neither do you know if he’s alive or not, but bitcoin is still up and running and has been succeeding more than it has done since the time it was created. Bitcoin has been able to do all that without Satoshi being around to handle all that, so I think what matters most is the team that Vitalik has setup.

I think tension will rise on the market. If this happen, some will lose confident on ethereum since they know that Vitalik is the head and aource of its idea and some will not believe if someone else continue to develop the project. But those are simple minded people. Of course Vitalik have some team who know the sequencr ofthe project and porbably well orient already of the future plans which in case this kind of event happen.

I think ethereum will continue to exist. Eth has evolved from a platform into a system of crypto technology that affects many aspects already. Supporters will carry on the technology even without the inventor. Like bitcoin, we don't know the real identity of Satoshi but the technology still persists.

This view is incorrect. Ethereum is already a mature coin. It is now the second largest market capitalization. It won't have a big impact on a coin because of its huge influence. Investors who participated in cryptocurrencies basically purchased Ethereum.

Well, Vitalik has a team , I don't think Ethereum will die because of this, he wouldn't say acne , I think that Ethereum will evolve with each passing year more and more

I doubt it a lot, in fact the cryptos are so decentralized that you don't need the intervention of vitalik to keep it working, if I'm not mistaken the Vitalik himself said he would no longer be working on ethereum, and that another team was in charge of its development, any change we see the day of his death, will be mere speculation of the market.

I am more than sure that if Vitalik dies, the prices will fall very quickly, very much. And they will remain there until a reasonable new leader comes. And if you put a stupid Chapter of the project and may die.

 :o Well that's one way to see it ... yikes

His death doesn’t mean is over, if he dies, everything still continues and there will also be new ideas that are better than his. That’s how it is, things don’t just end like that just because the leader died, there is always an assistant so that when the leader is absent tomorrow the assistant to the leader can always pick up from where he left off.

I agree with you, although Vitalik is an important person in the development of ethereum, but it is not possible for the team to only rely on one person, I am sure the team can still work and develop ethereum to become bigger

It can be stated unequivocally that nothing terrible will happen, because the development is carried out not only by Vitalik, there are also some people who are engaged in the development of the ETH project, but I think that on the whole it will raise the price on ETH

If Vitalik dies, Ethereum may actually lose a few percent of its capitalization in the short term, but in the long term it will bring them profit.

I think it would be a panic. But a solid project like ethereum never depends on a person's life. Because the developer of ethereum is not only Vitalik, there are many others.

Ethereum collapses if Vitalik Buterin dies that does not think it will happen. Will the predecessor's capabilities be better? It is possible that Vitalik Buterin is the second most intelligent person ever. I think in the future the market will be more volatile. If Ethereum recruited really talented people, the future of Ethereum will have strong transformations.

 With the supportive community and active development team Ethereum has, Vitalik could be easily replaced without having a bad impact over the project's longevity within the blockchain space. 

I think ethereum will not fail if Vitalik dies because vitalik said ethereum foundation have too many intelligent developers with vitalik. So ıf vitalik dies they can continue the project like they are doing before. Vitalik is interesting guy and people love vitalik because of his weird things and he is a genius but i believe ethereum can handle that.

Vitalik Buterin is a very charismatic person. He contributed to the development of the project and personifies Ethereum. But this blockchain platform is currently very popular in the world and its development is almost impossible to stop.

It seems to me that such news will definitely have a negative impact on the ethereum project and it is quite likely that it will never be on the top of the altcoin rating again

cryptocurrency must not depend on one person. the main principle is the decentralization so the project must work even if the main developer goes away.

I don't think that anything can effect ethereum. To my mind, it will be very successful and it will rise with time and maybe even replace btc or maybe it will be used along with btc

That's certainly true, mate. Ethereum might continue to live on its own even after Vitalik's death. Of course, prices will be on a downfall due to FUD across many cryptocurrency exchanges. However, the event will be temporary as prices and user interest start to rise again. The wide variety of developers working on the Ethereum project, shows how strong the same is as a blockchain network for the masses.

However, if the people on the mainstream world were accustomed to Vitalik's appearance every time, they could lose faith in the Ethereum project if no successor comes up with the same or comparable knowledge of Vitalik. As such, prices could take a long time before they rise, the same way it's happening with Bitcoin right now. In the bright side, Ethereum will still function as intended since it's a decentralized blockchain network after all.

Nonetheless, I believe that Ethereum will last for many years, the same way Bitcoin will. Just my thoughts ;D

Personally, if vitalik dies I don't think ETH too will die. Initially there might be some sought of instability on the short run. But with a superb support team, on the long run it will recover and become of the most sort after alt coin.

Personally, I don't think so. Because Ethereum today is a successful and popular cryptocurrency with an excellent concept of further development, of great importance for the development of the market of crypto and digital society. Despite the significant contribution that Vitalik made, Ethereum and without it will be able to successfully develop in the future.

Although Vitalik Buterin is the founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin does not dominate the Ethereum trend in terms of price and quantity, depending on the buyer!

No, the community will pull together to keep it alive. Like BTC.

In some time it might affect but for the long term it doesn't seem to be, because it's not just vitalists who manage the blockhere ethereum, we see Bitcoin until now the inventor has never appeared in the public but its development is quite impressive even more than expected since satoshi disappeared

Personally, I continue to believe in the enormous importance and potential of successful development of Ethereum even in a situation if Vitalik unexpectedly leaves the project. Of course, Vitalik did a great and important job for the development of Ethereum, but today Eth can continue to develop without it thanks to a competent strategy and an excellent development team.

Honestly I though something happened with vitalik during last bloodbath with ethereum. On okex futures price dropped to 142 $ per ethereum and I catched margin call

If this's true, I think this will trigger a deep sense of worry especially for users of ethereum and the reason's because Vitalik Buterin is the only person who plays an important role, in the development of ethereum coins. And he also, including one of those who understood cryptographic coding even he was probably the second best after Satoshi Nakamoto. But we shouldn't have to worry, maybe on the other day there will be another Vitalik-Vitalik that accompanies ethereum.

ETH will going on its way even its founders died. Its not a big problem that ETH has already known more then Vitalik. More over any successful project in the world will be more valuable if it can stand without need of founders, if development goes then ETH will go on it way.

ETH if it wants to develop better. I think the founders need to leave the project instead of overly influencing the project. Otherwise it is centralized, not decentralization. I hope eth is on the right path. The influence of the founder does not affect the success of the project.

Panic would really be guaranteed and such death of ETH founder will make some noise and will mainly affect ETH price and might dump to the bottom
but we know that there are still developers behind it which can able to retain such project so i dont see that it wont really be easily die if its founder
die along the way.

Well in my opinion, if Vitalik dies then Ethereum will have a crash that will last maybe a few months. But consumer and market confidence will rebound it to such heights that those who bought Ethereum during the crash will likely become rich men and women provided they invested very big during the crash.

Ethereum blockchain , i think is an open source platform, i quite believe that the death of one person might not have serious negative implications to the smooth operations of the Ethereum ecosystem,that is the essence of team work,Vitalik Buterin is not sole programmer of Ethereum blockchain

Yeah, but everything in our world depends on different persons, countries depend on their leaders, companies depend on their CEOs, works of art depend on their creators and so on

I think that this news will be bad for the company and probably will be great fall.

I think that any news has a positive effect on the course of the coins. If Vitalik dies, then some large company will definitely buy his stocks and news about the merger will only improve the situation.

Ethereum team is supported by a hard working group of liked minded individuals. Vitalik is just one of them and so I do not see why a project like that should die when just a member leaves it.

Etherium is a good kind of crypto coins and its compose of great team to make the company team growth and profitable ,so therefore even theres happen in the CEO of the ethereum,i thinks erhereum project still survive and going forward because the platforms is still there existing and they are always creating a new idea on how the project is still alive and kicking towards its goal.

Vitalik is just the public face of Ethereum but there are a thousand people in the background who does the real work so if Vatalik were to die today, the project would not end but it would probably take a temporary hard hit but it would rally eventually.

Although Vitalik Buterin can create Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin can only plan the future development of Ethereum, it can not control the sales of Ethereum!

Interesting Thread, but Ethereum will not fail even if Vitalik Buterin will die in the future because he's not alone, Ethereum has a huge number of developers working on Etherum as far as I know, Vitalik is one of the core developers of Ethereum and he is the face of Ethereum

I don't see any link between Vitalik death and Ethereum network, but cryptic people are still seeing Vitalik as the core heart of Ethereum and they will panic in case of death occurs.
What kind of decentralization if this happened ???

Nothing bad will definitely happen, because the market is now confidently falling and if something happens, it will be with the whole market not only with ETH, because the market now fully follows BTC except for new altcoins

I hope that such a big project like Ethereum won't depend on its creator so much. I hope the team is working hard and will continue to do so with Buterin and without him. We need Ethereum, because it is one of the most trusted alts.

I think the Ethereum cryptocurrency is quite steep which abruptly regulated. It seems to me that now it is not necessary to build some theory because such events in the crypto-currency world have not yet been

This opinion is right. Vitalik Buterin is founded Ethereum, understanding about ETH technology, innovation. But one thing he can't control about ETH is the price. And the price is the most important thing to evaluate that ETH is the success or fail.

The failure of Ethereum has nothing to do with him. Ethereum has risen because of the outbreak of ICO, but now because of the decline and decline of ICO. In the future, Ethereum may return to a few dollars. Now is the beginning of the cryptocurrency bear market!

There should be a team behind ethereum.... Vitalik is just the face and founder of ethereum, his death will definitely affect ethereum but It won't fail. The team will continue from there.

I think that after the death of Vitalik Buterin the price of Ethereum may fall for some time but then fans will apply all possible conditions for its development.

I believe that if Vitalik's identity wouldn't have been public, it would've been better for the Ethereum project in many ways. By remaining anonymous, the project's growth could be ensured without any disruption in the future, as people wouldn't keep their eyes on the founder to determine the value of the project, etc. However, since Vitalik has chosen to disclose his identity to the public, it'll cause more harm than good for the Ethereum project at least in the time being. If Vitalik dies, the project might go on as intended, but its value will decline massively for quite some time.

In the mainstream world where there is huge influence on any entity in charge of a company or project, things could become messy for Ethereum once its founder is dead. However, in the bright side, Ethereum will remain as active as Bitcoin in the long term due to the large number of developers working on it. Perhaps, the Foundation will place someone in charge of the project itself. Despite this, the beauty of Ethereum is that if no one can take Vitalik's place in the future, it'll remain solid as a cryptocurrency and smart contract platform for many years because of its decentralized model. And that's what matters most. Just my thoughts ;D

In financial terms, this is already happening, in fact the Ethereum platform is no longer a new fact, although very useful.

Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies may fail if Roger Ver will continue with panic and spreading the FUD. I hate this guy so much, where is the decentralization when one guy can cause market crash?

No, they have already talked about this many times, so nothing terrible will happen for sure, because today, all the same, people do not understand at all what all this can mean. Acne has already spoken on this score many times.

I don't think that ETH will die out, but there can be a few major issues. Vitalik is a unifying figure and without him there can be a lot of infighting which will result in a great number of forks. And gradually this can kill the coin.

I am not sure that the state of the cryptocurrency depends on the state of its Creator. It seems to me that if the boy dies then only temporarily there will be some negative changes, and then everything will be cool

First of all, Vitalik Buterin does not look so sick, so I do not think that he is going to die. Secondly, Ethereum project has a great team of the best specialists. They work constantly to improve their project.

Vitalik is not even a main developer for now.. His is providing ideas mostly. ETH has a scalable field of developers and more will come in future.

Exactly. Roger Ver has caused all this mess within the cryptocurrency market. Not only that, but Craig Wright has had an influence in it too. It's embarrassing to say the least, since cryptocurrencies were intended to remove the middleman after all. The same way BCH's hard fork affected everything, the same could happen with Ethereum if Vitalik dies. Everyone in the mainstream world associates Vitalik as the leader of the Ethereum project (although ETH is decentralized). If at any point in time, they receive the news of Vitalik's death, there will be massive FUD at least for the short term.

The most important thing is that Ethereum remains as resilient and secure as possible over the long term. Vitalik being the leader of the project, should not affect ETH's longevity in any way, since the smart contract platform is decentralized. There are people collectively working day and night to make the Ethereum blockchain one of the most reliable ones for daily transactions (just like Bitcoin).

Therefore, Ethereum might probably survive after Vitalik's death. However, if the impact is too deep (or the FUD is too much), then it'll take quite a while before ETH rises to its former glory. Just my opinion :)

Ethereum can function without Vitalik's supervision. It seems to me that in fact if he dies, the Ethereum Vice versa will increase in price as is the norm. While it is better not to think about it actually

What horrible things you say, of course, nothing terrible will happen with the ETH project, because Acne has assembled a large team that also works hard on the project as Acalique itself.

Maybe Ethereum will grow on the contrary? People will start buying crypto currency, which was created by the legend of the entire market and due to this Ethereum will grow powerfully in value

Not at all, Etheruem platform has grown beyond an individual and even if he dies the project will still continue to exist. He is only the face of Ethereum for now but there are many developers working behind the scenes that we do not know.

Yes, this position also suits me perfectly, I also think so, because for some reason, the usual global fame comes after the death of the project founder or something else. Many examples from life.

If Vitalik dies, many things could happen to Ethereum (both good and bad). Within the short term, Ethereum's prices will experience a sharp decline (just like it’s happening with Bitcoin nowadays). Also, there will be a lot of FUD across mainstream media, declaring the "death" of the Ethereum project. However, after quite some time, we might be able to see Ethereum rise to its former glory, as people actively demand the "Ether" cryptocurrency for smart contracts.

Taking Vitalik out of the picture, would greatly contribute towards the decentralization of Ethereum within the long term. As such, Ethereum could remain actively developed and maintained by its community without a leader or advisor. What really matters is that Ethereum will be here to stay no matter what. For the whole project to die, something very badly needs to happen (such as a double-spend attack) which at this point is highly unlikely.

Nonetheless, I believe that investors (like me) shouldn't worry much about Vitalik's death in the future, if the Ethereum blockchain remains alive and running for years to come. It's all about user acceptance, and market adoption for Ethereum to become successful in the future. Just my opinion :)

that is a black swan. And we all know that ethereum's genius is vitalik, and when he dies a lot of people will lose their faith on ethereum. Because vitalik buterin is the brain behind the ethereum so it will really affect the price.

I consider that ETH should listem to community and try to make good changes. In other case, ETH will fail even when Vitalik lives and it would be very sad.

Company in crisis right now and I cannot see, what exactly Vitalik does for situation to improve, so I do not believe that his death will change a lot.

Wow, your opinion seems very strange, I don’t see a crisis situation with the ETH project, because now the whole cryptocurrency world is falling and doing it very much and no one knows what will happen next.

unlikely Ethereum could die if Buterin suddenly die. Because Buterin was only a figure for the media

I sincerely doubt it will affect ethereum. Maybe on the short run, but ethereum foundation has enough programmers and developers to keep the research and development going. Vitaliks death will be categorised heavily under FA

There will be another leader. Maybe Vitalik started it on its own, but now there is a team behind the projects, so they will manage how to develop ETH without him.

Yes, and as far as I remember, Vitalik has already spoken about who is more involved in the development of ETH, because today there is a high probability that Vitalik may in the future be comprehended by the fate of Ilon Mask, who was expelled from the post of director.

The maximum that can happen to the project is that the price will fall by 20% -30% and then recover as soon as the team releases positive news, for example, that the Vitalik is alive (even if it isn’t), or that someone else is equally impressive as the head of the project.

Most likely place Vitalik in the event of death is next in line. Etherium is self-sufficient and not dependent on the life and death of an individual

when vitalik dies then another vitalic vitalic will emerge which will continue ethereum, and also many coins that experience surges that will rival ethereum

Why should he die? And even if he dies, do you really think that there will be no one who would be a new leader for Ethereum? I don't think so

Satoshi Nakamoto doesn't even exist yet Bitcoin is the most powerful cryptocurrency. I think Ethereum will outlive Vitalik Buterin and I am not worried about it dipping if Vitalik dies. It may go down for a while but it will be back up before you know it as weak hands sell off

Etherium is not only Acne. This is a whole team and Acne is one of many team members who determines the further movement and direction of the platform’s development.

It seems to me that the presence of Vitalik Buterin was important for this project only at the very early stages of its development, and now the project is almost completely autonomous and no longer requires its close attention. At least if he doesn’t be there, then nothing will change much.

I personally think like that now, vitalik certainly has a reliable team and need to be convinced of his expertise.there will be a decline in prices in the short term but surely the team will defend it because ethereum already has a big name and trust in society.

Without Vitalina Butorina Ethereum will be difficult to exist, he constantly supports and recently talked about a new updated version of the coin called Ethereum 2.0 !

I agree Ethereum is still a strong coin and there are second developers and other developers whho can take up the job Buterin left if ever, this is the beauty od decentralization, any one can take up the development of the coin and the project can still continue.

I think that now not one Vitalik is working on the project, so even if something happens to him, at first it may affect the price of the coin, and then everything will return to normal. He's the face of the company, but he's not the only one working on it.

I already know that its just a fake news or a hoax but if ever it happened it will surely impact the price of ethereum and maybe time will come people wont use/buy ethereum anymore . 

i tuink taht ecerything will he fine with ethereum as this cryptcurrency is nice and it will live a long happy life

ethereum is not going tomdie as this is one of the strongest cryptocurrency that i know and it wiol survive no matter what

Ethereum will stay even the creator dies.
Why? it is not all about vitalik, ETH has a team!
they will keep develop the coins.
Look on BTC, we dont know what is the identity of creator or if he is dead! but still keep working.
Cryptocurrency will die or that single token not because the creator dies but if the demand is gone!

Ethereum is a coin that is quite legendary in my opinion. The founder's footsteps and development should continue to be fought for and continue to be fully supported by many people who have positive values in this regard. Whatever happens, hopefully ETH will continue to grow.

ETH is very tied to its founder and if something happens to it then it will immediately affect the ethereum price, but this will not affect the development

Vitalik is alive but ethereum is loosing it's positions and nobody knows why! So I think this is not depends from his life at all.

I agree with you, maybe for a moment the news about this could have an impact on the price of ethereum. but after that everything will return to normal.

I am sure that will have no effect. who developed ethereum instead of being just vitalic, I'm sure ethereum has a development team. for a while it might have an impact but it won't take long.

And if Satoshi dies, Bitcoin dies with him? I think the answer is obvious. The project is self-sufficient, and I assure you that in the event of Vitalik’s death, he will quickly find a replacement.

Vitalik may be the brain behind the Ethereum project, but there are other talented developers which are currently working to make Ethereum better than ever as a cryptocurrency for the masses. If Vitalik dies, then the project would go on as intended, due to the full support from its community. Of course, people who don't understand how cryptocurrencies work, will quickly associate the founder's death with the death of the Ethereum project itself. However, we all know that's not the case, since Ethereum was designed as a decentralized cryptocurrency.

This means that Ethereum will evolve for many years to come. Vitalik is only there as an advisor, but it could easily be replaced by another person. What really matters is the longevity of the project as a decentralized blockchain system that could execute smart contracts without middleman. If Ethereum remains as is, then it'll be successful in the future.

Nonetheless, Vitalik's death may cause the price per ETH to decline for a while, until everything settles. By then, people will actively demand the "Ether" cryptocurrency to interact with other ERC-20/ERC-721 tokens or dApps. Which means that Ethereum will become a widely usable cryptocurrency in the long term. Just my thoughts ;D

I think the course of the ethereum does not change because he is not a public person and it can be noted that the fundamental news doesn’t particularly affect the market due to the fact that the market is manipulated because it is only gaining popularity.

It is unlikely that this project can be called self-sufficient, because he himself definitely doesn’t do anything, today programmers write all the same programs, but this will not last for so long, so I think that for the time being this cannot be said.

Yes. Ethereum is gaining popularity each day, although usage on the network has decreased (compared to last year's figures). I believe that the next step for Ethereum to gain traction, is to adopt Casper PoS and Sharding for greater scalability. If at some point in the future Vitalik dies, then the project should continue its own course. The vast number of developers working on it, and users supporting it, is enough for Ethereum to survive for many years.

However, as I've said before, people will react negatively towards Ethereum once Vitalik is dead. Prices will struggle to rise within a short time period. Just as FUD is happening with Bitcoin nowadays, the same will happen with Ethereum without Vitalik. Only after that, Ethereum will slowly recover in terms of price and adoption, due to its openness and decentralized nature.

That's the beauty of Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, which will allow them to survive for future generations. Otherwise, if they were 100% centralized, they'd face certain struggles that will become impossible for them to rise from the ground. Therefore, I believe that Ethereum will become better after Vitalik is out of the picture. Just my opinion :)

If something like the death of a crypto icon and the Godfather of ethereum happens, I think the whole market will feel its impact, not least because of it's effect on ERC 20 tokens which dominates over 70% of the total cryptos on the coinmarketcap.

In actuality I don't think it will have any effect on the performance of ethereum itself technically but a lot of FOMO will surely be going around.

However, this fomo will die Eventually the market will recover and life will go on.

The effect will be temporary.

As far as I know, Vitalik is a very young man, so it’s not relevant to talk about his death. As about the death of his project.

Satoshi Nakamoto Forever.

I wish good health to Vitalik and hope he will feel very good for long time. its incorrectly talk about death of  person. I wisk good luck to Vitalic and his project too!

The ETH team is not only Vitalik and ETH is a well-known + famous altcoin and almost all new tokens use ETH platforms
ETH is a powerful coin when Vitalik Dead ETH maybe suffering and dying but won't die easily
until now we don't even know who Satoshi Nakamoto is but Bitcoin still exists today  ;D

Yeah if one project lose its leader it will become not organize the price will go down and i think eth will like become DOGE with only community active but no progress, but hope that vitalik give a long lasting life so he will lead eth for long time, be positive.

it's all nonsense. Why think that the vitaly will die? let's build on the facts that are happening now and draw conclusions

Apple is still here, even without Steve. I am sure that Vitalik has a plan B for such occasion and I am sure that he is not going to die in the nearest future.

Yes, you are right in this, here the author of this topic certainly didn’t correctly identify the topic of this branch, but I think everyone understands what this is about, they are talking about the ETH project, of course we all want Vitalik to have everything good.

Ethereum might not die if the team that is managing ethereum is competent enough to do what is needed for ethereum at that moment. If Vitalik really die we will see the price might have a big plunge but if team is competent ethereum price will go back to its original value and even soar higher.

As a genius and intelligent person Vitalik is, I think that he already has a Plan B in case he dies. In fact, that plan has already been in motion, since many developers and community members have been working independently towards making Ethereum a better smart contract platform for the masses. If Vitalik went missing in the future, anyone could easily replace him as an advisor, while the rest of the team continues working on the future development of ETH.

The decentralized and open source nature of Ethereum, would keep it going for many years to come. If there are people supporting its blockchain, you could expect for ETH to last practically forever. What's needed is only 1 node and miner to help keep the blockchain alive. Considering the wide variety of nodes and miners available on the ETH blockchain, it'll be quite difficult for Ethereum to die anytime soon.

Therefore, if Vitalik dies, it would be doing a favor for Ethereum, since it would make the project look much more decentralized than what it is right now. Just my thoughts ;D

I think that Ethereum is one of those projects that do not really depend on everything in order with their leader, it would be foolish to hope that some problems with Vitalik Buterin could somehow very strongly affect the capitalization of such a giant project. Especially since, as I heard, he himself confirmed this fact on his twitter.

young or old can be dies anytime my friend,,
but, i believe if vitalik dies ethereum will stay in this world
not because eth still young but because ethereum have a lot of dev team not only vitalik ;)

True, even though Vitalex died at least his creation remained alive. Eth will indeed live and continue to move, this has a good impact on his strong community. See the market and ignore the decline, moving up and down does not necessarily make panic and also the happiness of the people in the crypto market.

It seems to me now that the founders of the ether do not quite control their coin and cannot even predict what will happen to it and whether investors should continue to trust it. Very incomprehensible behavior, which can lead to a further fall.

Everyone can die at any moment but this shouldn't really be a topic.
If Vitalik is just around the forum and is interested of discussing and wasting his time here.
I'm sure that he'd laugh with this topic.

I heard that there was a fake news about Buterin’s death last year. then ETH has fallen in price as far as I know ...

No, Ethereum will not die because on every legit group there is always an organizational staff with assigned duties and resposibilties in which the chain of command is always active therefore in case if there will be something will happen to the head or to the leader there will be always a substitute. If Vitalik dies then the next in line will be responsible of making the Ethereum future that who knows that the replacement will be better than the creator.

I've seen how rumors can affect the price of a coin. Last time it had a negative impact on the coin. And if it happened once, then the next time if there are such rumors, the coin can also slide in price.

Something unique about start ups is the co-founder standing by incase of eventualities to keep the brand/product's vision running. Take a cue from Apple and steve jobs. Ethereum will not go into oblvion should things go south with Vitalik

That's good to know, since many people have closely related Ethereum's success and longevity to Vitalik. However, that's not the case since the vast number of developers working on Ethereum (and the community) have been responsible towards making Ethereum what it is today. Vitalik is only an advisor for the Ethereum project and the co-founder. In case he went missing or dead, the project would live on its own due to its decentralized nature.

Despite this, it was best for Vitalik to never reveal his identity from the start (just like Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto did). That way, people in the mainstream world would focus more on the project itself than Vitalik. However, now that everyone knows who created Ethereum, there's a risk involved since anything that happens to Vitalik could either positively or negatively impact the project. Despite this, I have good faith in Ethereum the same way I have it in Bitcoin. Ethereum would survive for a long time alongside Bitcoin, due to its unmatched security and continuous development.

Therefore, all that matters is that Ethereum will be here to stay with or without Vitalik. ;D

That's only FUD, but the correct tittle should be if bitcoin dies and ethereum too. If there was no vitalik and there was a community behind it, that will create more development on the ethereum platform. Vitalik is not the only one but we have a lot of professionals behind it. 

Yeah right .  btc is the one and the only real one that controlls all cryptos including eth . now if btc dies , im pretty sure that eth will also die but if only vitalik dies i dont think that it can affect the status of etherium .

speaking of deaths ,  many people already claimed that eth and btc or any other cryptos are already died or now dying just because they only see that it is not recovering anymore and the value is only dropping  . i guess that is only their terminology or term   but in reality valueable cryptos wont die because they have thier own purposes .

I don't know why people are propagating negative news about the ETH and Vitalik, due to market fluctuation the price of ETH is going down but how can people simply call them a scam, we have to wait until the market starts regaining in order to increase their prices.

it seems like when vitalik dies then ethereum price will fall and certainly there will be many who panic because they think with ethereum vitalic death will not have a good development anymore so that makes ethereum fall.

As we know that Vitalik is still alive and he can't do anything to make ethereum great again, ethereum prices continue to drop and I'm regret that my biggest investment is ethereum, this proves that without or with Vitalik, ethereum depends on the market.

it seems so because Vitalik is the founder of Ethereum, if Vitalik dies then the price of Ethereum will drop due to no development for Ethereum. Vitalik is the main key of Ethereum, so far Ethereum has become more developed and popular or widely used in ICO projects. but after Vitalik is gone, maybe Ethereum will fall. that's just my thinking about Ethereum and maybe some of you have other opinions.

I think so. Ethereum falls at any opportunity and now reacts to any negative news. as it becomes clear, buterin's death is a negative news that will definitely have a significant impact on the market

This might be the reason why Satoshi Nakamoto prefers to be unknown person as he anticipate this kind of negative news and he will be pressure by the community. Nowadays it's so easy to create fake news around crypto as the people will ride due to market situation.

I'm starting to think the Ethereum will fall without it.It is as bad as possible at the moment and already any belief in a better future of this cryptocurrency is reduced to absolute zero

the panic will come to eth just a while if vitalik dies my friend
i know the idea of eth come from vitalik,, but ethereum dev teams not only vitalik,,
so i believe the development of eth will continue without vitalik

That's without a doubt. At first, I've thought that Vitalik's death would negatively impact the Ethereum project. But then, I've kept researching and realized that there are too many people working on the same. Which means, that if Vitalik goes away, the community and developers working on Ethereum will replace him. Vitalik only represents Ethereum but he has no stake in the future direction of the project.

The Ethereum blockchain would continue to live on its own, just like Bitcoin did without Satoshi (after his disappearance in 2011). In the case of Bitcoin, many believe that Satoshi is dead since it quickly disappeared without trace a couple of years ago. Despite this, Bitcoin has been alive and running, with its newest ATH last year. The same way Bitcoin had success on its own, the same way would be with the Ethereum project.

Therefore, there shouldn't be any reason to worry about Vitalik's death (at least in the meantime). Just my opinion :)

I think ethereum will be down but not long, it will recover after found the new dev
Then, price of ethereum depends on how good the new dev is

In my opinion ethereum is strong and stable for such things like this. It has investrors trust and if Buterin will gone ethereum will be fine

No it won't, he has an amazing team around him which will continue his vision. ETH is not some extension of him now- It is a great platform with its direction decided by many

That's without a doubt, mate. Compared with most altcoins on the market, Ethereum has the most trust in a similar way to Bitcoin. Many people have used this cryptocurrency at a large scale, which means that there shouldn't be any reason to worry about Vitalik's death in the future. If he dies, then he'll be remembered as one of the most prominent figures in crypto land. Another person might succeed him after his death, but if it doesn't happen, Ethereum will continue with the vast amount of developers working on it.

The pioneer smart contract platform not only has support from a wide number of developers across the world, but also from individuals, businesses, and companies alike. With many things that have happened (such as the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance) and those that will happen in the future (Raiden Network, Plasma Framework, Casper PoS, Sharding), Ethereum will be here to stay for a long time.

Therefore, investors shouldn't pay much attention to Vitalik's death, if Ethereum remains a solid platform for dApps and tokens. Just my thoughts ;D

Everything can happen, but I do not think Ethereum will die or fall. Look at the big projects like Steemit, Bitcoin. Even if their leaders leave, these projects continue to evolve. Satoshi Nakamoto and Dan Larimer after leaving, there will be others who will continue to grow, which suggests that if Vitalik is die, Ethereum can continue to grow.

 never. Vitalik does not hold too much ETH as people think. He is the only operator and developer of blockchain technology. If he dies, there will be another substitute and ETH will continue to function normally. ETH was controlled by whales.

Agree. Bitcoin is still standing strong even after the disappearance of Satoshi. On the other hand, Larimer left Bitshares and Steemit, but these projects have been growing on their own. Which means, that Ethereum could experience the same thing right after Vitalik's death. An open source project that's decentralized, allows anyone to participate in it to improve the software for the better. That's the reason why there are many developers working on Ethereum, as well as, the community supporting it.

In the end, Ethereum could live for future generations as a cryptocurrency and smart contract platform for the masses. If Vitalik dies, then he'll be remembered as one of the pioneers of the crypto space that brought the concept of smart contracts to life. Therefore, I wouldn't worry too much about Vitalik's death (at least in the meantime). Just my thoughts ;D