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EF Decentralization Brain Drain Risk

Ethereum's decentralization strategy may lead to weaker execution if external groups do not absorb responsibilities quickly enough.

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FIRST SEENMay 26, 2026
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"If the EF loses institutional knowledge faster than external groups absorb it, Buterin's decentralization thesis becomes brain drain dressed up as philosophy."

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