💵💵Vitalik Buterin Proposes New Metrics for Measuring Ethereum Compliance 💵💵

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed new criteria for assessing how well different projects align with Ethereum’s core goals. In a blog post on September 28, he noted that despite the wide range of contributors in the ecosystem—customer teams, developers, researchers, and local communities—achieving “Ethereum compliance” remains a significant challenge.

Buterin emphasized the importance of projects serving a single Ethereum ecosystem rather than “138 incompatible fiefdoms.” He suggested examining projects’ openness, code security, and reducing the risk of proprietary lock-in as a starting point for measuring compliance.

Other metrics, such as security, decentralization, and interoperability, could also be considered. Buterin proposed two tests to measure decentralization, focusing on the “walk away” test (can the project team survive if it disappears?) and the “insider attack” test (what kind of damage can the team do if it becomes hostile?). Projects can also be evaluated based on their impact on the Ethereum community and wider humanity, such as increasing public funding or promoting financial inclusion.

Buterin emphasized the importance of maintaining Ethereum’s neutrality and warned that political affiliations could hinder long-term growth. Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson expressed concerns about how far the ecosystem could go without Buterin, saying that Ethereum could be too dependent on Buterin’s leadership.

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