ethwar

Ethereum's co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, has issued a stunning public warning, claiming the growing influence of financial giants like BlackRock poses an existential threat to the network's core values. This is more than a price concern; it's a battle for the soul of $ETH .
The Two Catastrophic Disasters ⚠️
Vitalik argues that institutional hoarding and influence—especially with ETFs attracting billions—will lead to two major breakdowns:
1. Social Centralization: The Core Community Exit 🚪
The developers, researchers, and users who built Ethereum on the foundation of decentralization and permissionless access will be pushed out.
"Who would want to work for Wall Street?"
If the network's priorities shift to serve corporate demands, the grassroots innovators who value censorship resistance over high-frequency trading will lose interest and leave.
2. Technical Centralization: The Wall Street Takeover ⚙️
Institutions might hijack the technical roadmap to fit their ultra-efficient business models, citing examples like:
Compressing block time to 150 milliseconds. This kind of ultra-low latency requires high-end, professionally managed infrastructure, effectively making it impossible for ordinary individuals to run their own nodes at home.
The Result: Node operation and network control become concentrated in a few financial hubs (like New York), undermining Ethereum’s global, open, and censorship-resistant design.
The Soul of Ethereum is at Risk 🔥
BlackRock's ETF inflows, while boosting the price of $ETH in the short term, force a critical long-term choice:
Do we want a globally permissionless free network, open to everyone?
Or a toy for Wall Street, optimized only for institutional efficiency and high-frequency trading?
Vitalik's message is clear: Decentralization is the soul of Ethereum. No matter how high the price goes, without its soul, the network becomes just another centralized system with extra steps.
Which side of this ideological war are you on? $ETH
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For a deeper dive into the community's reaction to the increasing integration of Wall Street and Web3, check out this video: Why Ethereum's New Marketing Arm Is Convinced Wall Street Will Adopt ETH. This video discusses how a marketing arm for the ETH ecosystem, which was backed by Vitalik, plans to bridge the gap between Wall Street and Web3, offering a contrasting perspective on institutional adoption.