Join us for a comfy roundtable to chat about what makes Ethereum special, and how culture shaped the protocol design decisions and vice versa.

The conversation will take shape with the comments of everyone as we go, but this is some of what we will go through:

• Cultural  Battle: Ethereum vs. Solana (and other ecosystems): Sentiment in the community has been signalling Solana as the culture frontier, while Ethereum lacks behind. It's important to remember we're playing infinite games on Ethereum.

https://x.com/post_polar_/status/1848695880322359493

https://www.gitcoin.co/blog/infinite-gardens

• Incentive Machines and the Paperclip Maximizer: Public blockchains are incentive machines; hence their biggest feature is to get people to do stuff, but also that getting incentives right is extremely hard—it’s not only hard, but incentives have ripple effects on the culture of an ecosystem

https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/can-blockchains-go-rogue-5134300ce790

https://barnabe.substack.com/p/seeing-like-a-protocol

• History of Ethereum and Its Differentiation: Highlighting Ethereum’s journey, its technology, and the unique solo staker consensus.

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2017/09/14/prehistory.html

• Tech and culture on the *Ethereum stack* (consensus, execution and L2s)

https://blog.rated.network/blog/solo-stakers

https://barnabe.substack.com/p/seeing-like-a-protocol

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/05/29/l2culture.html

Also all 5 "Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol" https://vitalik.eth.limo/

• Alignment with Ethereum: Reflecting on what it means to be aligned with Ethereum and how to contribute to its vision and mission.

https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2024/09/28/alignment.html

Hope to see you there!

Romina, co-founder of ETH Kipu and Isaac, Community Lifeguard at Lido