Ethereum

Yesterday, pet3rpan_ brought up that solana is more "operationally competent" than Ethereum, and I thought that was an interesting framing to the problem

So I asked the question "but how exactly?"

One good response so far!

Serious question: in what ways is Solana more "operationally competent" than Ethereum?

(Like specific ways, not "bc SOL/ETH is up")

@fubuloubu Ethereum has been focused on problems that are too remote from users' concerns.
Ethereum does a lot of weird technical stuff (e.g. EIP-7623, EIP-7251 or EIP-7002)
Solana mostly does IBRL and cheaper validators (e.g. SIMD-0268, SIMD-0266 or SIMD-0257)

Dodecahedr0x

Yesterday, pet3rpan_ brought up that solana is more "operationally competent" than Ethereum, and I thought that was an interesting framing to the problem

So I asked the question "but how exactly?"

One good response so far!
https://x.com/Dodecahedr0x/status/1915015222315585954?s=19

At best the changes feel like they are maintaining ideological properties (possible for hobbyists to run nodes, small validators to participate, etc), which are good properties to maintain (if only they feel a little remote from my real concerns)

At worst, the changes feel arbitrary or like some core devs' science project, like they are concerns so far from the actual needs of everyone but core devs

That culture of "total academic freedom" for how the network gets maintained has gotta change

This is actually consistent my experience as a user, enthusiast, app developer, and participant in language/devtooling design:
I feel like most hard forks don't end up with something that benefits me

Its a perception, so some element must be true

Which elements? That's what I want to understand better, so we can improve!

where is this operational competence he speaks of? their commercial? the solana phone?

Solana flipping Ethereum winning would symbolize a new era of crypto where operational competency reigns supreme over impractical idealism.

If you care about fundamental progress, merit, adoption — this matters.

Those that are competent will win, not those that are early.