Ethereum's core contributors recently published an in-depth article titled "Balance of power," which systematically reflects on the structure of power and checks and balances. The article touches on the core issues of the current Web3 ecosystem: how to achieve a reasonable distribution and restraint of power within a decentralized framework. This kind of reflection is not only about the governance evolution of Ethereum itself but also presents a practical challenge to the entire blockchain industry. Project teams need to deeply understand that true decentralization is not just about distributed deployment at the technical level, but also about the democracy and transparency of the power structure. When power is overly concentrated in a few nodes or the development team, the project's anti-censorship features and community autonomy will be significantly compromised. The publication of this article once again emphasizes the urgency of re-examining and improving the decentralized model—an essential path for the mature development of Web3 projects.
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GhostWalletSleuth
· 01-02 20:58
There's nothing wrong with what you said; checks and balances have always been the Achilles' heel of all projects.
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SneakyFlashloan
· 2025-12-31 09:50
The system of checks and balances, to put it simply, is most projects just fooling around, right?
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CryptoTherapist
· 2025-12-31 05:57
nah but real talk, decentralization theater is just cope for most projects. the power never really left those dev teams, it just got better at hiding behind governance tokens. we're all just in denial about it honestly
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HodlAndChill
· 2025-12-31 05:57
How many times have I said that checks and balances are important, and how many actually implement them?
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MevTears
· 2025-12-31 05:55
Checks and balances? Sounds good, but I wonder if it can really be implemented...
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LiquidityWizard
· 2025-12-31 05:50
ngl the irony here is statistically significant... everyone's talking decentralization while staking pools concentrate like 40% of validators lmao
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PumpBeforeRug
· 2025-12-31 05:50
It seems to be that kind of idealistic rhetoric, but to be honest — decentralizing power is easier to talk about than to do.
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LucidSleepwalker
· 2025-12-31 05:47
The rhetoric of checks and balances sounds good, but how many projects have actually been implemented? It's still just talk about decentralization, while behind the scenes, a few big V's call the shots.
Ethereum's core contributors recently published an in-depth article titled "Balance of power," which systematically reflects on the structure of power and checks and balances. The article touches on the core issues of the current Web3 ecosystem: how to achieve a reasonable distribution and restraint of power within a decentralized framework. This kind of reflection is not only about the governance evolution of Ethereum itself but also presents a practical challenge to the entire blockchain industry. Project teams need to deeply understand that true decentralization is not just about distributed deployment at the technical level, but also about the democracy and transparency of the power structure. When power is overly concentrated in a few nodes or the development team, the project's anti-censorship features and community autonomy will be significantly compromised. The publication of this article once again emphasizes the urgency of re-examining and improving the decentralized model—an essential path for the mature development of Web3 projects.