At 9 pm EST tonight, Ethereum co-founder and figurehead Vitalik Buterin will face off towards chess streamer Nationwide Canadian Workforce participant Alexandra Botez in an match occasion live-streamed on Twitch.
The occasion took place following a sequence of matches and conversations held by members of the Ethereum-focused Bankless podcast and publication. After Vitalik participated in a handful of matches, Botez threw down the gauntlet:
@VitalikButerin I’m a chess streamer and a giant fan of your work I heard from some individuals within the crypto area that you’re fairly good at chess! It could be an enormous honor to play for those who ever want a break
— Alexandra Botez (@alexandravbotez) November 13, 2020
Followers of the chess persona have warned Vitalik to be careful for her namesake “Botez Gambit” — a playful time period for when she unintentionally loses her queen. Jokes apart, the Canadian sports activities some severe accolades: she at present holds the title of Lady FIDE Grasp, and is a 5 time Canadian Nationwide Women Champion.
Not all are counting out the 26 year-old Ethereum co-founder, nonetheless. Some have speculated that between pondering Derek Parfit and fixing scalability, Vitalik could be hiding some real chess chops:
Watch Vitalik simply secretly have a 2500+ in him he is simply by no means bothered to play sufficient rated matches https://t.co/PD34qfzaWb
— Colin Goltra (@Goltra) November 18, 2020
Moreover, except for serving to construct the world’s largest good contract platform, Vitalik could be most notable because the inventor of a chess variant. In 2019 he debuted “1.58 dimensional chess,” performed on a pyramidal airplane.
And what would an Ethereum mindsport prizefight be with out on-chain prediction markets the place viewers might wager on the end result? Gamified prediction market Yieldwars is providing a marketplace for the match, with winner-take-all choices for both facet, whereas Omen Prediction Markets is providing weighted payouts.
Up to now, the market believes that Vitalik goes to have a tough night. Pitched as “King versus Queen,” the Yieldwars market at present has totaled solely $500 in bets, with bettors healthily favoring Botez. Omen, in the meantime, has attracted over $650 in bets, as soon as once more closely skewing in direction of the chess streamer.
One potential possibility for the overmatched founder? An irregular opening. The Cointelegraph weekend editorial crew humbly suggests the Orangutan.
