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“With the internet and personal computing we can build networks with many interconnecting nodes that would be basically unstoppable.” - Timothy C. May, Cypherpunk

Bitcoin mining is already a duopoly, and it’s only getting worse. Economies of scale and shrinking rewards push everyone out except the top two. Soon, only they’ll decide what gets added to the Bitcoin chain. The rest will pivot. Ethereum is the endgame.

Twitter did a lot of good for the world. But it’s built to maximize time on app, not quality of experience. And a weird quirk of human behavior is that outrage keeps us engaged, so that’s what the algorithm optimizes for. Farcaster flips that on its head. With Farcaster,

Decentralization is merely a means to an end The goals of a public blockchain are: - Corruption-resistance - Censorship-resistance - Permissionless access To mitigate MEV, we weakened censorship-resistance That’s why I think FOCIL should be the headliner

Big congrats to jesse.base.eth and the Base team on the app + rebrand After the ruling limiting Apple’s take rate, Base is first to move Don’t bet against Jesse, or the incredible community he’s built

Posting to Farcaster directly from the Base app, from my Base account, all in one spot. Super neat 🔥. This is how we onboard the mainstream.

This one wins. Congrats Disney please collect your prize

What makes a crypto asset a strong long term store of value? Some properties I think are important: - Wide token distribution - Wide, unsubsidized node distribution - Multiple independent clients - Permissionless block production

Finance will be global and neutral whether users know it or not

ICYMI Jovay by Ant Group (creator of AliPay) has launched their L2 on testnet AliPay has over 1.3 billion users and 80 million merchants globally. They control around a 55% share of China's mobile payment market

Ethereum wants to be a neutral platform for humanity That only works if no one’s in charge The EF doesn’t control it. No one does Decentralization of blockchains isn’t optional, it’s the point Easy to forget, easier to lose Clip from Uma Roy on Expansion

Huge shoutout to Cork Protocol for hosting my #1 Ethereum event so far, tennis at EthCC #2 goes to Zerion's padel at Farcon Devconnect ARG(nect) event teams, I think you get the picture

I want to tear it all down. The closed platforms. The extractive models. The systems that weren’t built for us. Ethereum gives us a shot at building something better. Let’s not waste it. More on this soon ;)

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some "ethereum 10 year anniversary torch" scams going around - be warned! - Every torchbearer has already been confirmed + scheduled. Any new requests are fake. - The event NFT is not available yet, mint info will be shared on the livestream. Anything before is fake.