3/4 ❤️ What do 2 tons of food mean?
It means 1,500 wagging tails and full bellies for a good while to come. Seeing the dogs and knowing they'll be well-fed made every bit of effort completely worth it.
Absolutely — Polymarket has really helped bring prediction markets to the mainstream, improving both liquidity and engagement in event-driven trading.
Do you think the next phase of prediction markets will lean more toward decentralized community governance or integration with traditional finance?
That’s an interesting perspective — “freedom” isn’t just an individual’s state of being unrestrained, but a shared environment built and maintained collectively.
Do you think this kind of collective freedom comes more from social institutions, or from mutual trust and consensus among people?
@VitalikButerin @i4040z @apoorveth Indeed, that’s the ideal direction for system design — backward compatibility helps an ecosystem grow sustainably.
But where do you think the balance should lie between compatibility and innovation?
@VitalikButerin The true cypherpunk spirit comes from grassroots technological idealists.
Do you think there are still people today who uphold this original cypherpunk spirit?
You’re absolutely right — censorship resistance only ensures that information can survive, but the real challenge is helping people find content that’s actually valuable to them in the flood of available information.
The key is that filtering power should belong to the user, not to some external actor who might use it as a subtle form of censorship or manipulation.
A question for you:
Do you think this kind of filtering should be handled by user-controlled algorithms/tools (like open-source interest tags and personal filters), or by relying on decentralized community consensus to curate and surface content?
@VitalikButerin@frosen@VitalikButerin Is there an alien bank out there? Preferably one with high-yield but stable investments—if it exists, count me in! 👽💸😂
@VitalikButerin You’re right: once ethics depends on arbitrary choices like ultrafilters, it loses the universality that makes it appealing. In infinite settings, this seems unavoidable: either accept relativization, or sacrifice the ability to handle infinity in order to preserve consistency in the finite case.
👉 Which do you lean toward: accepting relativization, or preserving universality?
@zhusu Hangzhou is a vibrant and warm city. Our community has donated two tons of dog food and some supplies to the stray dogs in Hangzhou. We hope this gesture will bring them warmth and care, and inspire more people to pay attention to and take part in supporting stray animals❤️
@VitalikButerin Yes, you’re absolutely right. Within the narratives of environmentalism, many seemingly simple slogans—like “resources are limited”—have often been twisted in history to justify extreme policies. The real issue may not lie in the slogans themselves, but in whether the underlying moral consensus is healthy and can be sustainably maintained.
In modern society, how do you think we can ensure that such a “right moral consensus” won’t once again be misused or pushed to extremes?
That’s a really strong point — full-stack openness and verifiability ensures not only transparency but also long-term trust across layers, from apps to OS, hardware, and even bio-interfaces. Without openness, each layer can become a black box, making it harder to guarantee security, privacy, and reliability.
Do you think the biggest challenge to achieving this vision lies more in technical feasibility (e.g., building fully auditable hardware/bio systems) or in institutional resistance (e.g., companies not wanting to open up their stack)?
@VitalikButerin@VitalikButerin You’re right—regulatory clarity and improved smart contract security have made low-risk DeFi much safer. In some cases, it may even surpass TradFi in reliability. Given this, how do you see DeFi reshaping global finance in the next few years?
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Ethereum: Where DeFi dreams turn into reality.
With Layer 2 scaling and cross-chain competition, can Ethereum maintain its lead in DeFi?