Privacy in physical space is rapidly decreasing. Better privacy online is one of the few tools we have to restore a little bit of balance.

Privacy is normal. Support privacy.

This is bad.

Crypto is not just about trading tokens, it's part of a broader ethos of protecting freedom and privacy and keeping power in the hands of the little guy.

And these values unfortunately continue to be under attack, globally.

Privacy is normal.

Railgun uses the privacy pools protocol ( papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… ) which makes it much harder for bad actors to join the pool without compromising users' privacy.

twitter.com/WuBlockchain/s…

Excellent work by Toni Wahrstätter, replicating and expanding on my analysis last month on cross-validator correlations and adjusting validator incentives to favor decentralization:

ethresear.ch/t/analysis-on-…

'(...) so far, we have been lenient and accepted any project as long as it claims to be 'on a path to decentralization'. By the end of the year, I think our standards should increase and we should only treat a project as a rollup if it has actually reached at least stage 1.'

Degen communism: the only correct political ideology

vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/0…

A quick note on next steps in Ethereum protocol simplification and node resource load decreases (aka 'the Purge'):

notes.ethereum.org/@vbuterin/purg…

What else could memecoins be?

vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/0…

The only 'crypto villain from a previous era' who deserves a path to redemption is Mark Karpeles Mark Karpelès - precisely because he's the only one who's not clamoring for attention asking for one. He's just quietly doing interesting stuff.

Compare his twitter with a weaker soul: