Crypto: Vitalik Buterin criticizes the forced adoption of Bitcoin and the culture of anything goes.

Vitalik Buterin has just reminded us of something that the crypto industry forgets too quickly: being open does not mean saying yes to everything. In a quite extensive interview, the founder of Ethereum sets a clear boundary. A community that applauds everything that raises the price ends up shooting itself in the foot. Not immediately. But surely.

Vitalik Buterin recalls that openness in the crypto world should not become a reflection of automatic validation, with the risk of harming the ecosystem. He believes that Ethereum has developed a culture that filters certain excesses and warns that a community that is too friendly also attracts toxic actors. Lastly, he criticizes the Bitcoin maximalism that applauds forced adoption and considers that top-down approaches are fragile and unsustainable when the market turns.

Ethereum, an open system but not neutral

Buterin begins by pointing out that the Luna platform was not built on Ethereum by accident. For him, the collapse of Terra Luna is not just a story of code or market. It is also a story of culture. Ethereum is open, yes, but there is a form of natural filter: standards, demands, a way of viewing risk.