--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: Issue 01 - Vitalik Buterin, March 2022 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4600f60fcd28eeab/698a3042d0753340eee6cab4/TIME_Crypto_cover_2550x2550.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Mar 23, 2022 # Issue 01 - Vitalik Buterin, March 2022 by [TIMEPieces Staff](/author/timepieces-staff/) ## TIMEPieces Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  The first NFT issue features TIME’s cover story on Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, _The Prince of Crypto Has Concerns_ by [Into the Metaverse](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=metaverse&source=meta%5Fconversation "undefined") editor, Andrew Chow. The magazine will live on the blockchain but is hosted through a decentralized protocol allowing holders to read the magazine in its entirety through an interactive NFT. Inside the issue, you will find important news coverage and stories as well as a special bonus cover from world-renowned and TIMEPieces Slices of TIME artist, JR. The issue was created in partnership with the [LITDAO](https://getlit.wtf/ "undefined"). TIMEPieces airdropped the NFT issue to select TIMEPiece and LIT community wallet holders, which was made possible with the support of [Circle](https://www.circle.com/en/ "undefined"). [Transient Labs](https://www.transientlabs.xyz/ "undefined") served as the project’s technical partner. [View Press Announcement](https://time.com/6158525/time-releases-first-ever-nft-magazine-issue/ "undefined") Issue 01 - Vitalik Buterin, March 2022 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-issue-01-vitalik-buterin/6159859/issue-01-vitalik-buterin-march-2022/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-issue-01-vitalik-buterin/6159859/issue-01-vitalik-buterin-march-2022/"},"headline":"Issue 01 - Vitalik Buterin, March 2022","datePublished":"2022-03-23T16:32:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:00:38.574Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time-issue-01-vitalik-buterin/6159859/issue-01-vitalik-buterin-march-2022/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4600f60fcd28eeab/698a3042d0753340eee6cab4/TIME_Crypto_cover_2550x2550.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIMEPieces Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/timepieces-staff/"}],"creator":"TIMEPieces Staff","articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4600f60fcd28eeab/698a3042d0753340eee6cab4/TIME_Crypto_cover_2550x2550.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time-issue-01-vitalik-buterin/6159859/issue-01-vitalik-buterin-march-2022/","name":"Issue 01 - Vitalik Buterin, March 2022"}}]}] ```