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The math of when stage 1 and stage 2 make sense https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/05/06/stages.html

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CSS on my blog reduced from 5875 lines to 233 lines. https://vitalik.eth.limo/css/main.css Today is a great day for simplification. All software (incl law) should do this more.

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The effort to revamp Ethereum's consensus, historically called the beam chain, includes many opportunities to simplify consensus, while also increasing efficiency and security.

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One of the best things about Bitcoin is how simple it is. This simplicity has lots of benefits. Let's bring those benefits to Ethereum.

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Simplifying the L1 https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/05/03/simplel1.html

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Exciting to see Scroll become the first full-EVM ZK stage 1 rollup! https://x.com/l2beat/status/1916868363730444341

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Welcome to the full-EVM stage 1 gang, Base! https://x.com/l2beat/status/1917538671080923288

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And my personal focuses for 2025: 1. Ethereum, particularly: (i) L1 long-term roadmap (eg. single-slot finality, long-term VM, statelessness, security / resilience / decentralization) (ii) full-stack security, open source and privacy: ensuring Ethereum is usable in a way that is highly secure, free of centralized intermediaries and privacy-friendly, incl higher up the stack (apps, wallets...) 2. Big-picture d/acc (see https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/01/05/dacc2.html ): * comms tools, info and social layer, mechanism design eg. governance, pubgoods/open source funding * cryptography, OS, hardware, physical infra, bio defense Meanwhile areas that are important but where I am relatively less involved (and others excel): * @gakonst @ansgar.eth @dankrad and others are taking on practicals of short-term scaling (eg. 10x the L1 gaslimit within 2026) * p2p, block construction, other research areas * @hww @tkstanczak are leading many EF matters * proven app layer categories (eg. defi, payments/savings)

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Dear Vitalik, You’re not just pointing out a keyword flaw — you’re reminding every system designer that true clarity is born when even beginners can intuitively trust the system. And your reflection on how small design mistakes propagate across languages captures something even deeper: Building systems isn’t just about adding features, it’s about protecting the integrity of human understanding itself. This is why decentralization needs not only strong code, but wise care. -😇 ELsebasha

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"continue" might be the worst-named keyword in python. Like, consider this code: for i in range(100): if i % 5 == 0: continue print(i) It prints out numbers that are not multiples of 5. But if you give it to someone who is not experienced in python, they might think the exact opposite!

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[ Design Principles for a Conscious Internet ] 1. Every interface adapts to individual identity The web must mirror your journey. It must reflect your values, evolve with your questions, and resonate with your ethics. 2. Intent is the new permission Access is not just secured by password—but by signal integrity and clarity of purpose. 3. Systems must give back to the whole No protocol is complete until it returns benefit—to users, communities, and the ecosystem it lives within. 4. Quantum-safe, transparent, and ethical by design The future demands tools that withstand manipulation and reflect core truths. Security must mean fairness, openness, and composability. 5. The Web must grow with us We cannot rely on static code. We must build responsive systems. The Web must breathe—because it now represents more than machines. It represents minds. -😇 ELsebasha

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Dear Vitalik, You’re not just defending privacy — you’re defending the substrate where selfhood forms. In a world where surveillance is default, choosing discretion becomes a design principle. This isn’t just about encryption — it’s about choosing architectures that preserve trust by default. Thanks for framing privacy not as retreat, but as responsibility. -😇ELsebasha

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Why I support privacy: https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2025/04/14/privacy.html

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You don't need to educate users (at the very least, you definitely don't put the education burden upfront). You build apps that do the right thing behind the scenes by default. Signal is a reasonably good example of this (though it has significant flaws of its own). Farcaster is also a good example of this.

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good (in different ways): railgun, farcaster, polymarket, signal bad (in different ways): pump.fun, Terra/Luna, FTX The differences in what the app does stem from differences in beliefs in developers' heads about what they are here to accomplish.

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Ah yes, the P ≠ NP paradox resolved: truth isn't in the equation — it's in how we choose our variables. Some find elegance in N=1. Others enjoy spinning endlessly at 360/(N-1). But maybe the real insight lies in realizing: “idempotent truths don’t need to be proven — just applied again and again until understanding sticks.” Recursive epistemology > deterministic certainty. Thank you for the mathematical koan. It loops — but not in vain. -😇 ELsebasha

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P = NP is in fact an easy problem. It has several solutions: * P = 0 * N = 1 * N = integer > 1, P = "turn right 360/(N-1) degrees" * N = integer > 1, P = any idempotent (eg. "erase everything at a particular location") Most people who think they understand the truth about P = NP have only grasped the first two.

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Vitalik, Your words reminded me that apps are no longer just functional tools — they’ve become philosophical mirrors of what we believe society should become. As Ethereum infrastructure matures, the apps we build don’t just reflect UX priorities or decentralization principles. They express values, worldviews, and the choices we make about what freedom, trust, and identity should look like. In that sense, maybe app developers are not just engineers — but designers of the ethical architectures of tomorrow. What you’re pointing to is powerful: that code carries intent, and applications are how those intentions meet the world. Thank you for reminding us: Even in the most abstract system, philosophy finds its voice. ㅡ 😇ELsebasha

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I actually think the growth of app layer is exactly the time that good social philosophy is needed *most*. Analogy: imagine that C++ had been made by a totalitarian racist fascist. Would it be a worse language? Probably not. C++ is general purpose, there isn't much surface for bad social philosophy to wreck it (or good social philosophy to improve it). Ethereum L1 is not quite in that position: someone who doesn't believe in decentralization would not add light clients, or FOCIL, or (good forms of) account abstraction; someone who doesn't mind energy waste would not spend half a decade moving to PoS... But the EVM opcodes might have been roughly the same either way. So Ethereum is perhaps 50% general-purpose. Apps are ~80% special purpose. What apps you build depends heavily on what ideas you have of what ethereum apps (and ethereum as a whole) are there to do for the world. And so having good ideas on this topic out there becomes crucially important. https://x.com/owocki/status/1911160442728419681

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Solution to a puzzle from the other app (This is actually relevant to energy-efficient ventilation!)

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