Vitalik Buterin Advocates for ‘Ethereum Alignment’ to Unify the Ecosystem

On September 28, COINOTAG reported that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin released an article, “Making Ethereum’s Alignment Visible.” The article delves into harmonizing efforts among the Ethereum client team, researchers, Layer 2 teams, application developers, and local community groups to cultivate a unified Ethereum ecosystem. Vitalik introduced “Ethereum alignment,” encompassing value alignment such as open source principles, minimal centralization, and support for public goods; technical alignment involving ecosystem-wide standards; and economic alignment emphasizing the use of ETH tokens.

Vitalik’s analysis focuses on open source, decentralization, security, and inclusive benefits. His vision involves more entities like L2beat, which would monitor how projects adhere to these standards and community-proposed criteria. Rather than competing for collaborations, projects should strive for alignment based on transparent standards. Platforms like L2beat, block explorers, and other monitoring tools exemplify this principle, ensuring clearer alignment without centralized oversight, thereby promoting fairness and inclusivity within the Ethereum ecosystem.