Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s first original science-fiction novel, Snowmoon, has been released in full, according to Odaily. The outlet said Buterin wrote in May that he would stop publishing regular blog posts and instead try writing fiction focused on decentralized governance. Snowmoon was described as a 32-chapter work created with a fully hand-built plot, while AI was used only for polishing and proofreading. Odaily said the Chinese translated edition runs to more than 170,000 characters. The novel places Buterin’s long-running ideas on Ethereum, mechanism design, privacy technology and plural governance inside a narrative framework. In the story, two social systems, Veridia and the Arctic Empire, face off over digital sovereignty in a future world heavily dependent on cryptography and decentralized governance. Odaily also highlighted that the book incorporates mechanisms drawn from academic papers, is open-sourced under GPL v3, and includes an AI-use statement in the main text. The outlet added that it has attached a complete translated version of the original work to a cloud drive for readers.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s first open-source science-fiction novel, Snowmoon, was released in full last night, according to Odaily.
Odaily said Buterin wrote in May this year that he would stop writing regular blog posts and would instead try producing science-fiction work centered on decentralized governance.
The outlet described the book as a fully original project with a "100% hand-built plot," with AI used only for polishing and proofreading. It spans 32 chapters, and its Chinese translated version runs to more than 170,000 characters.
A future world built around cryptography and digital sovereignty
In Odaily’s summary, Snowmoon is set in a future world that relies heavily on cryptography and decentralized governance. Two social models, Veridia and the Arctic Empire, are locked in an ideological confrontation over digital sovereignty.
The report said the novel folds Buterin’s years of thinking on Ethereum, mechanism design, privacy technology and plural governance into a narrative structure rather than presenting those ideas in essay form.
Released under GPL v3
Odaily also pointed to several features of the work: mechanisms from academic papers are introduced into the story, the novel is open-sourced under GPL v3, and an AI-use statement is written directly into the text.
The outlet added that it has attached a complete translated version of the original work to a cloud drive for readers.
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