Ethereum

If the us has a "strategic" eth reserve doesn't that give them a pretty big (read: outsized) influence on fork choice? We talk a lot about how usdc and other stable coins could legitimize a fork based on which assets they recognize. But, imagine if the us starts staking eth validators and then, because it's government, they never update their clients for upgrades and only recognize the old chain. Are we just stuck with that chain because of their economic influence? Are we cool with (committed to) forking out and slashing the us government?

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Outsized how? IMO it puts them at a disadvantage. Imagine they support a minority fork and the world continues on without them?

I don’t see a world where they get to more than 5-10% of stake. Once they’ve staked ANY, price is going up and others will follow suit, making it an exponential hill to climb.