For the record: I said ethereum (+plasma et al) *will have Visa-scale tx capacity*, not that it will "replace Visa". Sigh. — Vitalik Buterin (@VitalikButerin) September 18, 2017

San Francisco News Desk

Tech Crunch may have gone a bit too far in their excitement for Ethereum. Following an interview with its creator Vitalik Buterin, Tech Crunch launched tweets and articles that caught some eyes.The claim was: Vitalik made the bold prediction of Ethereum not just becoming a foe for Visa, but completely overthrowing it, or in their words, it would "replace visa".Vitalik took to twitter, noticeably frustrated to clarify:Tech Crunch has now issued a correction. -------