### Vitalik on Open Source Incentives#

In response to a community user's point that "the tech world underestimates the importance of efficient capital formation for building the future," Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin emphasized the importance of creating funding structures that can incentivize open-source, open standards, and security in the long term. He believes that such structures can curb closed-minded and overly exploitative behavior, and promote becoming positive-sum participants in a wider ecosystem. He argues that the tech world currently suffers from a prevalent "walled garden" mentality and exploitative practices, and that creating funding structures that continuously incentivize open-source, open standards, and security can effectively curb this phenomenon and drive the healthy development of the entire ecosystem.