Core Principles & Strategy - Ethereum's primary focus should be on maintaining its core strengths: censorship resistance, liveness, and credible neutrality [2] - Ethereum should strive to be the ultimate decentralized platform for programmable money and uphold cypherpunk values [2] - Ethereum should scale mindfully while preserving its core properties, using a "measure, then build" approach [2] - Ethereum should avoid direct competition with faster, more consumer-oriented chains like Tempo [3] Risk Assessment - Making the wrong decisions could be detrimental to Ethereum [3] - If Ethereum attempts to directly compete with consumer chains, it risks becoming a generic chain with little value [3] Competitive Positioning - Bitcoin's value is derived from its ossified nature and position as the slowest, most stable chain [1] - Ethereum should aim to be the most decentralized, credibly neutral, censorship-resistant, and live chain [2]

Layer-1 Blockchain Development - Tempo chose to build a Layer-1 (L1) blockchain instead of an Ethereum Layer-2 (L2) [1] - Tempo believes a decentralized validator set is a necessary requirement for partners to ensure credible neutrality [1] - Tempo will be a permissionless chain, allowing anyone to deploy a token and transact on the chain from day one [1] Permissionless Access - The project aims to attract real-world usage and serious institutions without giving up on permissionlessness [1]