Vitalik Buterin says pluralistic ZK digital IDs are the ‘best realistic solution’ to preserve privacy

Vitalik Buterin says pluralistic ZK digital IDs are the ‘best realistic solution’ to preserve privacy
Ethereum | June,29 2025

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin believes that one-per-person digital ID systems, despite using zero-knowledge proofs (ZK proofs), carry risks to privacy. ZK proof wrapped IDs offered by World ID (formerly Worldcoin) using biometric data and ZK proofs have been gaining traction, recently crossing 10 million users. Therefore, in his blog on Saturday, Buterin suggested ‘pluralistic identity’ […]

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