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vitalik.eth 2025-09-26 10:48
RT Devansh Mehta (@TheDevanshMehta)A problem statement I've often heard from well wishers of Ethereum is,,, can you give us one public key where we send money & it auto-redistributes to the relevant repos or projects"glad to see the work @thelazyliz , @clesaege and I undertook at the Iceland residency formally written up and launched as a product enabling this!1. TL;DR:traders bet on the value of a project if it were to be assessed by a judge. we use this market assessment to decide splits between open sour ...
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vitalik.eth 2025-09-24 22:46
Fusaka will fix this.But also, safety first is of the utmost importance for Fusaka. The core feature, PeerDAS, is trying to do something pretty unprecedented: have a live blockchain that does not require any single node to download the full data.The way PeerDAS works is that each node only asks for a small number of "chunks", as a way of probabilistically verifying that more than 50% of chunks are available. If more than 50% of chunks are available, then the node theoretically can download those chunks, and ...
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vitalik.eth 2025-09-24 02:11
The importance of full-stack openness and verifiability(including applications, operating systems, hardware, and bio)https://t.co/FRb3V4TK6U ...
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vitalik.eth 2025-09-22 22:49
Addendum for pedants 馃槢Yes stage 1 means that a security council with a 75% vote can override the onchain code. However, stage 1 also requires that a quorum-blocking (>=26%) portion of the council sits outside the org that is managing the L1.Hence, the org cannot unilaterally censor or steal via a security council vote, so they are not a custodian.See also here for the math on when switching to stage 2 (even 100% security council vote cannot override functioning onchain code) makes sense: https://t.co/igIEJ3 ...
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vitalik.eth 2025-09-22 22:46
Base is doing things the right way: an L2 on top of Ethereum, that uses its centralized features to provide stronger UX features, while still being tied into Ethereum's decentralized base layer for security.Base does not have custody over your funds, they cannot steal funds or stop you from withdrawing funds (this is part of the L2beat stage 1 definition).You can see Base's status as an L2 on l2beat: https://t.co/bBrvnbxSgDI feel like many people have been confused by recent cynicism and think that things l ...
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vitalik.eth 2025-09-21 01:08
Importantly, low-risk defi is often very synergistic with a lot of the more experimental applications that we in ethereum are excited about. ...
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vitalik.eth 2025-09-21 01:08
Low-risk defi used to be constrained by regulatory barriers and smart contract safety risks. Both problems have greatly improved.For many people worldwide, defi today is in some cases already safer than tradfi. https://t.co/ZC9NKF2DbA ...
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vitalik.eth 2025-09-21 00:21
RT binji (@binji_x)@VitalikButerin low risk defi has already provided a ton of IRL value for people in crypto, from health insurance to weddings and houses, and now it is primed to meet the rest of the world.s/o @divine_comedian , @DeFi_Dad & @maxlomu for sharing their stories, much more to come! https://t.co/3DToms52zq ...
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vitalik.eth 2025-09-20 23:46
RT binji (@binji_x)search was the bridge between the internet and everyday people鈥檚 daily lives, low-risk defi is the same for ethereum.anyone, anywhere can safely compound wealth and build a life with it.and its value isn鈥檛 just in numbers but in futures and stories made possible. ...
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vitalik.eth 2025-09-20 23:46
RT Stani.eth (@StaniKulechov)Low-risk DeFi is Ethereum鈥檚 workhorse: simple, powerful, and universally useful. One day, Aave could be distributing yield to billions across the globe. ...