According to ChainCatcher, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published an article opposing making political voting choices based on "whether or not to support encryption."

He said that in the past few years, cryptocurrency has become an increasingly important topic in political policy, and various jurisdictions are considering bills to regulate participants in blockchain activities. The cryptocurrency field is becoming more and more active in politics, and many people support them almost entirely based on whether parties and candidates are willing to be friendly to cryptocurrencies. He opposes this trend and believes that making decisions in this way is highly risky and violates the values ​​that people originally entered the crypto field. He said that in the crypto field, people tend to focus too much on the centrality of money and the freedom to hold and spend money (which can also be tokens). Bitcoin is seen as an extension of the spirit of libertarianism in the field of Internet payments.

Vitalik believes that freedom is important, and decentralized networks are good at protecting freedom. Money is an important area where such networks can be applied, but it is only one of several important areas. And being crypto-friendly now does not mean it will still be crypto-friendly in five years. Supporting a politician should be based on their entire platform and views, not just because they support crypto.