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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]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-12 21:38
AI Alignment Debate - The debate centers on whether "d/acc" (defensive, decentralized acceleration) can protect humanity from superintelligent AI [1] - The core disagreement revolves around the tractability of AI alignment and the potential for maintaining human agency in the face of superintelligence [2][3] - One perspective suggests AI will operate on timescales humans can't match, while the other believes defensive technologies and institutional design can preserve agency [3] Key Positions - Vitalik Buterin advocates for "d/acc" as a middle ground between uncritical AI acceleration and total pause scenarios [1] - Buterin believes a pluralistic world of competing AIs might be safer than a single aligned superintelligence [2] - Buterin addresses common criticisms against AI doomers, lending credibility to the discussion [4]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-12 11:29
General Idea - The document discusses "idea-driven ideas" [1] Industry Focus - The document's focus on idea generation suggests relevance to innovation-driven industries, such as technology, marketing, or creative fields [1]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-12 11:29
Software Development & Open Source - Open source adoption should be more prevalent in the software industry [1]
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vitalik.eth· 2025-08-12 10:05
A good book, worth reading to understand the basic case for why many people, even those who are generally very enthusiastic about speeding up technological progress, consider superintelligent AI uniquely riskyEliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ (@ESYudkowsky):Nate Soares and I are publishing a traditional book: _If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: Why Superhuman AI Would Kill Us All_. Coming in Sep 2025.You should probably read it! Given that, we'd like you to preorder it! Nowish! https://t.co/0uRyzuqNQb ...