Ethereum Captured (So Sad)

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In this video, I discuss how Ethereum has become a US government-captured coin since the Merge.

As predicted, moving from proof of work to proof of stake has led to just a few validators controlling the protocol. And a majority of those validators are enforcing government compliance on blocks that they validate.

Ethereum culture has been broken from the very beginning:

-- "Buy our pre-mined token"
-- "Let's move to proof of stake to consolidate control"
-- "Don't bother running your own node. Let Infura do it for you and trust them instead."

And now Ethereum will never be able to return from the Merge.

The biggest question now is whether Vitalik will slash validators who censor (as he promised to do in August), which will disproportionately hurt retail investors who have staked their ETH at large validators like Coinbase, Kraken, and Lido.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

My prediction about Ethereum becoming captured:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvALCGH1hUY&ab_channel=TraderUniversity

Prediction comes true:
https://decrypt.co/109901/big-firms-dominate-post-merge-ethereum-validation

In the last 24hrs 51% of ETH blocks were censored and OFAC compliant:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/y44zwe/in_the_last_24hrs_51_of_eth_blocks_were_censored/

OFAC:
https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/office-of-foreign-assets-control-sanctions-programs-and-information

Post-Merge Daily OFAC Compliant Blocks charts:
https://www.mevwatch.info/

Even Ethereans are figuring this out:
https://twitter.com/koeppelmann/status/1580893089077809153

Vitalik thinks it's weird for everyone to run their own node:
https://twitter.com/vitalikbuterin/status/873177382164848641

Will Vitalik make good on his promise and slash validators who censor?
https://timestabloid.com/vitalik-buterin-is-ready-to-burn-his-stake-via-social-consensus-if-coinbase-and-others-tolerate-censorship/

Ethereum Successfully Castrates Itself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxniEyYATAI&ab_channel=TraderUniversity

Bitcoin maxi chad vs. virgin newb coiner meme:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ec8GpOXXYAAz2rW.jpg

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