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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has picked up a new Ethereum domain name to specifically reference “defensive accelerationism.”
On Aug. 18, Vitalik Buterin <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://app.ens.domains/dacc.eth?tab=ownership" rel="null" target="null" text="null">registered</a> for the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) domain name “dacc.eth,” for 0.187 Ether (<a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/ethereum-price" rel="" target="_self" text="null">ETH</a>), which is worth just under $500 at current prices.
It comes just days before Buterin is set to discuss “defensive accelerationism” (d/acc) at an X Spaces discovery event on Aug. 22 with Vincent Weisser, Prime Intellect founder and decentralization advocate, and Skylar Weaver, Devcon lead at the Ethereum Foundation.
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<h2 id="what-is-d-acc">What is d/acc?</h2><paragraph>
 Buterin first 
 <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/11/27/techno_optimism.html" rel="null" target="null" text="null">introduced</a> the concept of d/acc in a blog post in November 2023 titled “My techno-optimism,” with many of the arguments focused on the state of artificial intelligence development.&nbsp;
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D/acc suggests focusing on human-AI collaboration and augmentation rather than fully autonomous AI. In May, Buterin <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/vitalik-buterin-warns-superintelligent-ai-risks-openai-turmoil" rel="" target="_self" text="null">cautioned against “superintelligent” AI</a>, calling it “risky.”
It also strongly differs from the prevalent Silicon Valley and Big Tech notion of effective accelerationism (e/acc), which advocates for an explicitly unrestricted, pro-technological stance, such as allowing AI to proceed unchecked.&nbsp;
Buterin’s d/acc advocates for a controlled, cautious approach to technological development and promotes more decentralization.&nbsp;
This could include advancing technologies that allow for more resilient infrastructure, <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/learn/artificial-intelligence-in-healthcare" rel="null" target="null" text="null">pandemic preparedness</a>, cyber defense and information defense, such as tools to combat misinformation.
Related: <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-technical-risk-bug-code-ai-auditing-smart-contract-vitalik-buterin" rel="null" target="null" text="null">Vitalik Buterin says AI could help solve Ethereum’s ‘biggest technical risk’</a>
The philosophy is positioned as a middle ground between unchecked technological acceleration and overly restrictive regulation.
“I see far too many plans to save the world that involve giving a small group of people extreme and opaque power and hoping that they use it wisely,” Buterin said.
The <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/learn/what-is-cypherpunk" rel="null" target="null" text="null">philosophy</a> “seeks to create and maintain a more democratic world and tries to avoid centralization as the go-to solution to our problems,” explained Buterin.
Meanwhile, degen memecoin minters wasted no time in <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://cointelegraph.com/news/memecoin-dumps-then-pumps-after-vitalik-buterin-sells-unwanted-airdrop" rel="" target="_self" text="null">creating unrelated tokens</a> called DACC, some of which have already surged 400%, <a data-ct-non-breakable="null" href="https://dexscreener.com/ethereum/0xd07993e6c67bf253f432e558db33b552ba4532bb" rel="null" target="null" text="null">according</a> to DEX Screener.&nbsp;
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Vitalik registers ‘defensive accelerationism’ (d/acc) ENS domain — but what is it?

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