Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said on Sept. 27 that his original novel, Snowmoon, has been completed at 32 chapters and released under the GPL v3 license. The book is framed as speculative science fiction and depicts a world heavily shaped by cryptography and decentralized governance. Its plot centers on ideological conflict between societies including Veridia and the Arctic Empire, while weaving in concepts such as zero-knowledge proofs, quadratic voting, privacy technology, and content-oriented taxation mechanisms. Buterin said the work also reflects themes he has focused on for years, including mechanism design and digital sovereignty. He added that derivative adaptations, including films and animation, are allowed, but any related production pipeline must also be open-sourced, including AI prompts, scripts, and other non-general materials. Buterin also said all of the text was written by him personally, with AI used only for spelling and grammar checks, consistency verification for the setting, and webpage formatting. He appended the note: "Snowmoon was written with love."
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin said on Sept. 27 that his original novel, Snowmoon, is complete at 32 chapters.
The work is written as speculative science fiction and portrays a world that relies heavily on cryptography and decentralized governance. The story focuses on ideological conflict between societies including Veridia and the Arctic Empire, and incorporates elements such as zero-knowledge proofs, quadratic voting, privacy technology, and content-oriented taxation mechanisms.
According to Buterin, the novel also brings in themes he has followed for years, including mechanism design and digital sovereignty. The book has been released under the GPL v3 license.
He also said adaptations into derivative formats such as film and animation are permitted, but the related production pipeline must be open-sourced as well, including AI prompts, scripts, and other non-general materials.
Buterin added that all of the text was written by him personally. AI was used only for spelling and grammar checks, consistency verification for the setting, and webpage formatting. He also included the note, "Snowmoon was written with love."
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