tldr (tim reilly)
@tldr
I’m finding the Ethereum drama on X to really be missing the point. There’s a strange false dichotomy being presented between App layer and Infra layer which, quite frankly, Base and Farcaster are bridging / have already bridged. Specifically, it seems there’s this question of whether the Infra layer should be less cypherpunk; or else the App Layer more cypherpunk. I think this is really the wrong framing — this idea that the two layers need to be philosophically aligned. Vitalik’s sincerity about building *genuinely* differentiated Infra (eg, credibly neutral, permissionless, censorship resistant) is precisely what makes crypto interesting and valuable. At the same time, I am quite sure that the thing I am using that for (a wildly different experience of sports betting) is like… the very last thing Vitalik would be interested in. And not cypherpunk at all. And this is good! Right?! Infra needs to resist human impulses. Apps need to embrace them.
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six
@six
ppl just invent problems cuz the price is down and want someone to blame it on
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
TL;DR on the drama? Haven’t been on Twitter in the last 72 hours
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Garrett
@garrett
Infra needs to resist human impulses. Apps need to embrace them. banger
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jesse.base.eth 🔵
@jessepollak
this is a good take
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Stephan
@stephancill
Louder for the people in the back
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Koolkheart
@koolkheart.eth
Base plus Farcaster are already showing what this looks like in practice. Has to be both for the future not either. Idk if you get the point
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Nate Maddrey
@nmadd
It’s 99% noise. Just talking in circles
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max ↑
@baseddesigner.eth
Makes sense, very few people use blockchain for the privacy/decentralization reasons alone
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