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The post Justin Sun’s Liberland has given Vitalik Buterin a medal appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Justin Sun’s made-up country Liberland has given Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin a star-shaped medal, “its highest state distinction,” for his technical blockchain achievements.  The “First Class Order of Merit of the Star of Liberland” was given to Buterin during ETHPrague 2026, where he attended a Network State event sponsored by the micronation.  Liberland said the medal recognizes Buterin’s “extraordinary technical achievements,” and, “his role in advancing new ideas about how societies can organize themselves. Additionally, Buterin was praised for the attention he has given to “pop-up cities, decentralized societies, and network states.” Liberland shared an image of a sheepish-looking Vitalik Buterin holding his medal.  Read more: Justin Sun is now prime minister of Liberland, an entirely made-up country The medal’s name appears to have been inspired by the Commonwealth’s Order