Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin argues it’s Ethereum’s application layer, not its infrastructure layer, where Ethereum needs “good social philosophy” the most.
The app layer is where developers build decentralized applications on top of data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/learn/articles/what-is-ethereum-a-beginners-guide-to-eth-cryptocurrency” rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”null”>Ethereum’s base infrastructure and where they make decisions about how these programs operate.
In an April 12 post on the social media platform Warpcast, Buterin data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://warpcast.com/vitalik.eth/0x62628420″ rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” text=”null” title=”https://warpcast.com/vitalik.eth/0x62628420″>responded to a user’s argument that Ethereum needs a new generation of developers rooted in Ethereum’s core values to data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-shows-mild-signs-rebounding-santiment” rel=”null” target=”null” text=”null” title=”https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-shows-mild-signs-rebounding-santiment”>renew itself. He…

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