@scbuergel
I'll strongman the unpopular argument that the EF should refocus on building max value-aligned tools and products
The subtractive mindset of EF is a great idea in theory to foster a healthy ecosystem and level playing field. But in practice, it has enabled a max value-extractive mindset among leading tools and products, which year by year stray further from the Cypherpunk values you try to promote through (actually great) blogs and social media outreach.
Specifically, I see:
- Virtually no Ethereum wallets or apps on FOSS mobile marketplaces: https://warpcast.com/scbuergel/0x2dded415
- No major wallets or apps supporting light client verification or anonymous RPC transport, and therefore
- No incentive to develop or promote resilience services like these, but instead
- More fragmentation around commercial services with corner-cutting for Web2-style VC-pleasing vanity growth metrics
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