Who Controls Ethereum?! Watch THIS If You Hold ETH!
Published: 2024-06-16
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Published: 2024-06-16
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As Ethereum becomes more complex, technical issues arising from innovation may take longer to fix, requiring quicker decision-making from developers.
"these technical issues if they arise will require quick thinking on the part of ethereum's decision makers particularly its developers although history has shown that ethereum developers are agile in responding to issues it could take longer to do quick fixes as ethereum becomes ever more complex"
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The need for a more cohesive Ethereum governance structure to address complexity could be exploited by regulators for capture.
"in turn this could require the creation of a more cohesive governance structure which as Christine noted in the report could be exploited by Regulators to capture ethereum further in the future"
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Regulators may exert significant influence on Ethereum's design to prevent regulatory capture; making aspects of its operation 'aifi' is suggested as a solution.
"there are increasing pressures from regulators and law enforcement that also May influence and become an outsized voice influencing the design of ethereum to prevent regulatory capture of the ethereum protocol it is imperative that aspects of how ethereum works become aifi beyond the ability for any stakeholder group or entity to change"
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There's a push from institutions like Galaxy for Ethereum to cease core protocol evolution ('aify') to avoid regulatory capture, contrasting with Vitalik's calls for increased functionality.
"this is extremely significant as she is practically calling on ethereum to stop trying to evolve its core protocol in order to protect itself from regulatory capture for reference vitalik has recently been calling for ethereum to increase and expand its functionality it seems institutional like Galaxy are pushing back"
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Ethereum core developers will likely continue to evolve the protocol, rather than 'aify' it, suggesting they need to moderate their pace to ease institutional concerns.
"ultimately deciding the changes that are implemented through upgrades it is likely that the ethereum protocol will continue to change rather than aify translation ethereum core developers need to calm down so that institutions can feel comfortable with ethereum"
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Overly upgradeable technologies, like finance-focused dApps and DAOs, face a risk of regulatory capture.
"there is also the concern of regulatory capture if a technology becomes too upgradeable as we've seen on a smaller scale with Finance Focus daps and Dows"
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The outcome of SEC lawsuits against Consensus and Uniswap remains uncertain.
"we may never know if the SEC doesn't follow through with its lawsuits against consensus and Unis swap"
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Ethereum has demonstrated consistent resilience and the ability to overcome challenges throughout its history.
"ethereum has been incredibly resilient considering everything that's been built on its blockchain and eth has rightfully benefited like every crypto project ethereum has faced challenges since its Inception unlike most other crypto projects though it has consistently proven that it can overcome these challenges"
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Ethereum nodes are primarily concentrated geographically in the US and, to a lesser extent, Europe.
"Christine then provides this eye-opening image of the geographical distribution of ethereum nodes you'll notice they're heavily concentrated in the US and also in Europe to a lesser extent"
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Centralized exchanges and liquid staking protocols like Coinbase and Lido Finance control over 50% of staked ETH, influencing its distribution.
"this is a consequence of the fact that most eth is staked through large third parties as you can see here centralized exchanges like coinbase and liquid staking protocols like Lio finance account for over 50% of all eth staked"
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Ethereum developers are considering migrating GitHub content to a decentralized solution due to past platform outages.
"The Only Thing Worth adding here is that ethereum developers are actively discussing migrating all GitHub content to a decentralized solution due to previous outages on the platform"
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Ethereum upgrade decisions are made through two primary methods: rapid core developer-led initiatives or broader community consensus, which can lead to delays and conflict.
"Christine summarizes it perfectly quote on rare occasions decisions are made quickly through the exclusive efforts of ethereum core developers and shared for implementation by ethereum node operators under a quick upgrade turnaround window other times decisions are relegated to the broader ethereum Community which often results in delayed decision-making and contention between stakeholders"
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Vitalik Buterin expressed concern in 2019 about 'Ivory Tower intellectuals' dominating crypto governance and advocated for broader institutional and individual participation to decentralize power.
"Vitalik noted back in 2019 that crypto governance risks being overrun by quote Ivory Tower intellectuals he said the solution is to increase the number of Institutions and individuals involved in governance to prevent a concentration of power"
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Ethereum validators are expected to face more frequent upgrades as the network strives to achieve its ambitious roadmap.
"validators will likely undergo more frequent upgrades as ethereum attempts to deliver on its ambitious road map"
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Stablecoin issuers and large validators theoretically possess the power to control Ethereum.
"the concerning entities here are stable coin issuers and large validators such as exchanges and liquid staking protocols both theoretically have the power to take control of ethereum"
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A potential regulatory scenario involves requiring stablecoin issuers to perform KYC on all wallets holding their tokens on Ethereum.
"Consider a scenario where a regulator requires stable coin issuers to conduct kyc on all wallets holding their stable coin tokens on ethereum"
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The Lido Finance DAO could begin making decisions directly impacting the Ethereum blockchain due to its significant ETH stake.
"or consider a scenario where the Lio Finance Dow starts making decisions that affect the ethereum blockchain directly due to its increasingly large eth stake"
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Less than 1% of DAO token holders control over 90% of voting power, according to a 2022 Chainalysis report.
"fewer than one% of Dow token holders control more than 90% of voting power according to a 2022 report by chainalysis"
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Ethereum's ecosystem is increasingly influencing its base chain.
"then there's ethereum's ecosystem which is having a greater and greater influence on its base chain"
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Ethereum core developers act as gatekeepers, ultimately deciding which changes are implemented through upgrades.
"with ethereum core developers acting as The Gatekeepers ultimately deciding the changes that are implemented through upgrades"
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A significant Ethereum client, 'G', which accounts for nearly 50% of client traffic, is directly funded by the Ethereum Foundation.
"notably one of these ethereum clients is directly funded by the ethereum foundation this is notable because this client named G accounts for almost 50% of all client traffic"
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Nethermind, the second-largest Ethereum client, also received a grant from the Ethereum Foundation.
"Christine notes that nethermind the second largest ethereum client at 35% of client traffic also received a grant from the ethereum foundation to build it"
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The increasing complexity of Ethereum necessitates improved governance.
"ethereum is getting increasingly complex and this requires better governance"
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Given the high stakes for many involved, Ethereum is expected to eventually make the right decisions, a trend supported by historical evidence.
"when so much is on the line for so many people the inevitable result is that the right decisions must be made and history has shown that they eventually are"
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Following the merge, Ethereum experienced bugs, with its new Beacon Chain lacking the battle-testing of the original chain, though major issues beyond a finality bug have been avoided.
"ethereum had quite a few bugs after the merge it's easy to forget that ethereum's Beacon chain is technically a brand new blockchain whereas the original ethereum blockchain was battle tested the beacon chain arguably hasn't been yet fortunately it seems there have been no major issues besides the finality bug discovered last May"
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Ethereum's nine clients will decide the priority of proposals for upcoming hard forks.
"it's ultimately up to ethereum's nine clients to determine which of them gets priority in upcoming hard Forks"
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A total of 61 standard Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) have been incorporated into Ethereum's 19 hard forks.
"Christine notes that 61 standard eips have been included across ethereum's 19 Forks"
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Approximately 23% of standard EIPs, specifically core EIPs, have been approved by Ethereum clients and implemented via hard forks.
"Christine notes that only around 23% of standard eips specifically core eips have been approved by ethereum's clients and subsequently implemented in a hard Fork"
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The Ethereum Foundation's current influence on Ethereum is considered minimal, partly due to its holding of only 0.3% of ETH supply.
"she believes that the foundation has minimal influence on ethereum these days it's probably because it only holds. 3% of eth's Supply"
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Ethereum currently has an eight-stage roadmap, proposed by Vitalik Buterin.
"ethereum now has an eight-stage road map proposed by well vitalik"
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