According to PANews, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed several directions for expanding and improving the functionality and scope of cryptocurrencies. This comes in response to the ongoing dominance of Meme coins in the narrative.
Buterin's suggestions include zk reputation/identity/credentials, peer-to-peer cross-border payments with lower costs and rapidly improved user experience within this cycle, decentralized social networking, prediction markets that are practically usable within this cycle, privacy, enterprise applications implemented through zk validiums, and zk+ anti-censorship voting.
These proposals aim to enhance the utility and versatility of cryptocurrencies, moving beyond the current trend of Meme coins. By focusing on practical applications such as cross-border payments and decentralized social networking, Buterin hopes to drive the evolution of the cryptocurrency sector.