Vitalik, Yoav Weiss (member of the EF security team), and Marissa Posner (member of the EF product team) have put forward the 'Trustless Manifesto,' a powerful declaration that directly addresses the core spirit and values of Ethereum. https://trustlessness.eth.limo/general/2025/11/11/the-trustless-manifesto.html? Take a look: - Why trustless design is so important: The correctness and fairness of the system rely solely on mathematics and consensus, never on the goodwill of intermediaries. Without trustlessness as the foundation, everything else—efficiency, user experience, scalability—is just decoration on a fragile core. - Ethereum wasn’t created to improve financial efficiency or application convenience. It was created to liberate humanity—allowing anyone, anywhere, to collaborate without permission and without having to trust anyone they can’t hold accountable. - Ethereum is the path to trustlessness, and this promise must not be lost in the process of scaling. "Every shortcut that assumes trust ultimately comes at the cost of freedom." Applause! To inspire everyone, they’ve even deployed a smart contract on the mainnet, encouraging those who agree with the manifesto to sign it and put the names of those who 'believe in trustlessness' on-chain. This is an action driven by idealism. Applause! But as I looked around, I noticed that the people discussing this topic and spreading the manifesto are mostly 'keyboard warriors' and 'airdrop farmers'—everyone’s saying: 'If you sign this contract, maybe you’ll qualify for some big project airdrops in the future.' See? This is the gap between idealism and realism. (Not that there’s anything wrong with it—everyone is free to do what they want, whether they’re idealists or realists. Just do your thing.)