Ethereum Must Do Better — Vitalik’s Live Speech

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin delivers a powerful talk on why decentralization alone isn’t enough. Drawing on lessons from Web2, governance failures, and flawed crypto design, Vitalik challenges builders to focus on freedom, resilience, and real user empowerment.

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1:06 The Early Internet’s Broken Promises
4:48 Crypto’s Risk of Repeating Web2
9:34 Shift from Tech Obsession to User Freedom
18:21 The “Walkaway Test” for True Decentralization
21:15 Insider Attacks & Hidden Centralization Risks
22:09 Measuring What You’re Really Trusting
23:03 Protocols That Encourage Centralization
25:05 What Crypto Can Learn from Android & Linux
27:23 Making Ethereum Worthy of Success
29:18 Social Incentives Can Destroy Decentralization
31:04 Build Systems That Make Users Free
33:11 Outro

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