Ethereum’s Dark Underbelly Shows That Even in Crypto, Trust Matters

As those projects come and go, reaching or missing their confined, self-interested little metrics, Ethereum is still here. To a degree that’s rarely acknowledged, that’s because Buterin, even in the very early days, insisted on principles of openness, accessibility and fairness. Moreover, it seems clear he understood his power and didn’t hesitate to flex it (in his understated way) toward those unselfish goals.