Ethereum

Optimism

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 <li>Justin Bons’ tweets have sparked debates on Ethereum’s centralization trajectory.</li> 
 <li>He criticizes trusted Layer 2 (L2) rollups like Optimism for resembling custodial services and enabling potential censorship.</li> 
 <li>Bons believes off-chain governance replicates historical political dysfunction by lacking democratic controls and checks.</li> 
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A series of <a href="https://x.com/Justin_Bons/status/1708850958225068467?s=20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">posts on X</a> (formerly Twitter) by Cyber Capital founder Justin Bons has reignited debates around Ethereum’s perceived centralization trajectory, both on layer 2 scalability solutions and in protocol governance. 
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 9/9) Centralization in cryptocurrency is a perversion, a corruption of the ethos While acknowledging a reasonable spectrum, ETH is taking it too far Salvation lies in L1 scaling &amp; on-chain governance; whether ETH pivots remains to be seen That is why ETH is worth fighting for!— Justin Bons (@Justin_Bons) <a href="https://twitter.com/Justin_Bons/status/1708850971973964140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">October 2, 2023</a>
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Bons asserts that trusted L2 rollups like Optimism that require users to lock up funds resemble custodial services, which are antithetical to crypto’s ethos. He argues that their admin key structures enable potential censorship and asset freezing by sequencers. 
While acknowledging technical possib…
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