Excellent work by Toni Wahrstätter, replicating and expanding on my analysis last month on cross-validator correlations and adjusting validator incentives to favor decentralization:

ethresear.ch/t/analysis-on-…

'(...) so far, we have been lenient and accepted any project as long as it claims to be 'on a path to decentralization'. By the end of the year, I think our standards should increase and we should only treat a project as a rollup if it has actually reached at least stage 1.'…

Degen communism: the only correct political ideology

vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/0…

A quick note on next steps in Ethereum protocol simplification and node resource load decreases (aka 'the Purge'):

notes.ethereum.org/@vbuterin/purg…

What else could memecoins be?

vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/0…

The only 'crypto villain from a previous era' who deserves a path to redemption is Mark Karpeles Mark Karpelès - precisely because he's the only one who's not clamoring for attention asking for one. He's just quietly doing interesting stuff.

Compare his twitter with a weaker soul: