I'm really proud that ethereum does not have any culture of trying to prevent people from speaking their minds, even when they have very negative feelings toward major things in the protocol or ecosystem.

Some wave the ideal of "open discourse" as a flag, some take it seriously.

Your personal role in making it happen is underrated. I recently described you as a BDFL 2.0 in a group where people were being critical of you for some of your donations. You’ve mostly managed to mostly avoid the pitfalls of what I call a charismatic epistemology. Kudos

Your personal role in making it happen is underrated. I recently described you as a BDFL 2.0 in a group where people were being critical of you for some of your donations. You’ve mostly managed to mostly avoid the pitfalls of what I call a charismatic epistemology. Kudos https://x.com/vgr/status/1421268674313220102