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Meet Vitalik Buterin, the 20-Year-Old Who Is Decentralizing Everything
He wants to enable a radical reimagining of how human beings self-organize, while maintaining a rigorous agnosticism about what people choose to do with that power.
Vitalik Buterin • Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains
It starts with flexibility. Ethereum is a Turing complete, programmable blockchain that lets anyone build full-blown applications using smart contracts. People can build all sorts of decentralized apps (dApps) on top of Ethereum, plugging into the blockchain and the surrounding ecosystem to provide everything from security to identity to payments. ... See more
notboring.co • Own the Internet - Not Boring by Packy McCormick
But decentralizing the internet has been hard to do. When contrasted against the well-established efficiency and stability of centralized systems, decentralized systems have struggled to keep pace. Now, however, the emerging technology of crypto and web3 — specifically, programmable blockchains, composable smart contracts, and digital assets — make... See more
Andreessen Horowitz (AZ) • Decentralization for Web3 Builders: Principles, Models, How - a16z crypto
Network states, in Balaji's view, are a "de-centralized center" that could create a better alternative.