In the year when the Swiss government once again froze sovereign nation's private assets, when institutional platforms were subjugated by politics and power, and when the myth of 'neutrality' was shattered one after another, it becomes even more necessary to reread Vitalik's "Declaration of Trustlessness." You will then realize how exceptional and defiant Ethereum as a project truly is, and how it will become a core force in curbing power and preventing AI from misbehaving in the future:

"Gateways evolved into platforms. Platforms evolved into landlords. Landlords decide who can enter and what they can do.

The only defense is trustless design: the correctness and fairness of such systems rely solely on mathematics and consensus, never on the goodwill of intermediaries.

We choose to build on Ethereum because we choose verification over blind obedience. We write code to ensure power cannot hide behind policies. We design protocols to ensure freedom does not depend on permission.

Resilience is sovereignty. Here, sovereignty does not mean lobbying to join the UN and shaking hands in Davos just two weeks later, but rather... actively reducing our vulnerability to external dependencies, avoiding being easily stripped of autonomy.

https://trustlessness.eth.limo/