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buterin is most commonly pronounced "byoo ter in" (/ˈbjuːtərɪn/). This is the widely-used reading among engineers, though edge cases exist.
Vitalik ("VEE-tah-leek") Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum.
Pronouncing project and product names correctly avoids the small but persistent friction of being gently corrected during standups, conference Q&As, and team calls. Hearing the word a few times locks in the right reading better than reading IPA ever will. Pronounce is a community-maintained dictionary — every entry tagged with a confidence level and (where possible) a citable source.
Install the CLI: git clone https://github.com/anzy-renlab-ai/pronounce.git && cd pronounce && ./install.sh
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