Ethereum

anyone watched the Ameen's talk? 

it sparked an interesting discussion on Kiwi 

(link below)

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https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/Ameen-Soleimani-I-Ethereum-Cultural-Victory?index=0x67e1e16a5884d22f1ba31ee6b36c2477b035a6074adce599725a76c7925904ac875e1956#0x67e59afe019375bbcb4508c2f930fbf0d7d6bd8b05e7f15f0afc62b2bb3adf2b1f0cd453

I figured out the rift in the Ethereum community. There are two groups who can't relate to each other:

1. Collectivists who see themselves as peers with people like Vitalik and the EF. As labour, they collaborate on equal terms with each other and embrace a plurality of interests.

2. Corporatists who see a hierarchy with themselves as shareholders, the EF as a board of directors, and Vitalik as the CEO. As capital, they expect the interests of the shareholders to be prioritized and feel entitled to make demands.

While most of us are both, labour (contributing to the ecosystem) and capital (holding ETH), we primarily identify from the perspective of one.

It's not a disagreement about management or roadmap, but a disconnect in how we perceive social structures, our entitlements, and others' responsibilities.

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interesting perspective. i think Ameen sees himself as a peer with Vitalik, they even wrote papers together :) my impression is that Vitalik (and EF in general) strive for credible neutrality, which is generally good. 

but there are areas where they do have control, e.g., how they run the EF, who gets the grant, how they influence the roadmap etc. and they should be held accountable for that. since they don't have shareholders or investors, the only people who can do it are the community members.

good thing is that in the last few months i saw a lot of great activity at EF that leans into that direction :)

I think this has more explanatory power: https://warpcast.com/shazow.eth/0x21a5d07c

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it's pretty controversial (I don't agree with all parts) but imo very interesting!

Tim has been referencing it so much these days, I should watch it.