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Vitalik on Ethereum's Permissionlessness and Values
Vitalik Buterin drew a sharp distinction between Ethereum as a permissionless, censorship-resistant protocol and the separate obligation of people and communities to hold and articulate clear principles. Protocol-level neutrality does not extend to individuals, and criticism within the ecosystem is not censorship. Using Linux as an analogy, open neutral infrastructure can still serve corporate ends, meaning those who care about user empowerment must proactively build full-stack ecosystems consistent with those values rather than assuming protocol neutrality alone is sufficient.
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