Make Ethereum cypherpunk again

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/12/28/cypherpunk.html

Everything built should be built to not depend on the social layer. No matter how strong and effective the social layer is the probability of it degrading is non 0 and only increases with time.

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The problem is that building things to rely solely on incentives is in many cases impractical. A purely in-protocol automated system has no way to "pay people to be decentralized".

"pay people to be decentralized" - sounds dissapointingly pejorative.
It is more so that the degree of decentralization should be a core determinant of value. Centralized things should be cheaper as they come with more unpredictability and risk. No need to pay me, I just have to be able to easily see it for what it is.