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vitalik.eth· 2025-09-03 20:21
RT MariusVanDerWijden (@vdWijden)Believe in somΞing https://t.co/qQtA37IzY8 ...
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-31 22:52
Network State & Colonialism - Network state exit libertarians are not the primary source of large-scale colonialist evil observed recently [1] - The "exit" position, where individuals create new systems if they disagree with existing ones, is a robust approach with localized and bounded negative consequences [1] - The potential negative consequences of individual actions are inherently limited, even with global reach via the internet [1] Libertarianism & Political Influence - The industry should be kinder to the "exit" position going forward [2] - Evil has recently come from libertarians, notably from political lobbying [2] - The industry opposes "bad deregulation" (eg, AGI/ASI) and deregulation regardless of side effects [2] - The individuals involved in negative actions are specifically not the "exit" faction [2] AI & Global Impact - AI doom will not originate from isolated locations like islands or boats in international waters [1] - Some former libertarians are now focused on taking over existing governments, which carries significant downsides [1]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-30 15:51
Given the limited content, a detailed industry-specific analysis is challenging, but here's a general interpretation: General Observation - The document references a link from "@theanglishtimes" [1] Potential Content Type - The linked content is likely an article or report from "@theanglishtimes" [1]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-29 17:06
RT David Dao (@dwddao)Excited to share a small public good: a (still evolving) short history of mechanism design for public goods across academia and Web3. Explore the full timeline here: https://t.co/GJLc6KotIxAnd let this be the last time anyone says in web3 I don’t know what "incentive compatibility" is—or why it matters 😂 ...
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-29 13:56
Interoperability & Infrastructure - High focus on interoperability to build and strengthen intent-based infrastructure [1] - Preparing the ground for fast and trust-minimized backends [1] - Driving down costs and latency with faster and stronger settlement on L1 and for L2s [1] - Projects feature a mix of coordinating additive initiatives, delivering new infrastructure and products [2] - Accelerating deeper protocol changes, with contributions from EF teams and the wider ecosystem [2] UX Improvement Initiatives - Highlighting Trillion Dollar Security and the Kohaku privacy wallet, addressing further gaps in UX [2]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-26 20:05
Partnership & Technology - Succinct and Offchain Labs are forming a deep partnership to bring ZK (Zero-Knowledge) technology to Arbitrum's rollup stack [1] - The teams will collaborate on a ZKP (Zero-Knowledge Proof) version of Arbitrum's rollup stack over the next year [1] - Arbitrum's prioritization of ZK technology indicates a future trend where every rollup will be a ZK rollup [2] - Succinct and Tandem (Offchain Labs' venture arm) have a 1-year exclusive partnership, demonstrating confidence in Succinct's ZK technology [3] Market Impact & Expansion - Almost half of Ethereum's L2s (Layer 2s) use Arbitrum's stack [4] - Arbitrum One has $19 billion in TVL (Total Value Locked) [1][4] - The integration allows Arbitrum chains to leverage ZK powered by Succinct's Prover Network [4] - Succinct's prover network can prove every single rollup with this integration and the existing OP Stack integration [4]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-20 12:15
Governance & Privacy - Aragon is pioneering privacy solutions for governance, addressing the lack of on-chain privacy in elections, boardrooms, and governance [1] - Private voting at scale is now possible on-chain through a collaboration between PrivacyEthereum (building zkMACI) and Aragon [1]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-15 09:42
Open Source Advocacy - The industry should support projects only if they are open source [1] - Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum, is a major supporter of open source initiatives [1][2] Medical Device Innovation - Openwater is a fully open source medical device company [2] - Openwater aims to develop universal treatments for various diseases, including cancers, mental diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, and infectious diseases, using a single device [2]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-13 14:26
Core Concept - The document discusses a fascinating restatement and extension of the Condorcet paradox [1] External Resource - The document references a top Google search result related to the Condorcet paradox [1] - The document includes two URLs: one to a webpage and another potentially to an image or related content [1]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-13 14:23
Industry Criticism - The industry observes a lack of critical slogans like "beware of geeks bearing grifts" regarding crypto, AI, and network state technologies [1] - The industry notes the missed opportunity to use such a slogan [1]