Ethereum

Vitalik Buterin calls for bolder experimentation in Ethereum’s app layer while preserving core principles

Ethereum's co-founder just drew a line between what stays sacred and what needs to move fast, and it reveals where crypto's real innovation battle is happening. The Signal Vitalik Buterin is telling builders to stop treating the application layer like it's part of the protocol. This matters because Ethereum has spent years optimizing for credible neutrality at the base layer: censorship resistance,

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Inside the Quest at Colossus to Replace Visa and Mastercard With KYC-Less Crypto Cards

Colossus wants to kill Visa with anonymous crypto cards, and they're doing it with four people and hardware no one asked for. The Signal The pitch is simple: KYC-free payment cards running on an Ethereum Layer-2. Swipe at Starbucks, pay in crypto, no government ID required. Colossus calls it a "box of goodies," which apparently includes physical hardware and software to route payments

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