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Ethereum founder proposes a new method for evaluating decentralization projects: leaving the test.
A New Approach to Evaluating Decentralized Projects: "Leave the Test" Proposed by the Founder of Ethereum
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin proposed an interesting concept in a blog post - "Leaving the Test". This test aims to evaluate the authenticity and sustainability of decentralized projects, with the core question being: If the project team and servers suddenly disappear, will the application still function normally?
This testing method is closely related to the decentralization and autonomy concepts of blockchain, involving multiple aspects:
Project Development:
Economic Model:
Community Governance:
The importance of "leaving the test" lies in revealing the degree of a project's dependence on centralized infrastructure, promoting project improvement, with the core idea being firm decentralization.
Vitalik Buterin once pointed out that when discussing Decentralization, there are actually three independent aspects involved:
The advantages of Decentralization include:
From the perspective of "leaving the test," Bitcoin is considered to have passed the test, because even though the identity of its founder is unknown, the network can still rely on decentralization and global developers to continue to evolve.
For Layer 2 solutions in the Ethereum ecosystem, Vitalik Buterin proposed a risk rating method based on "Training Wheels" dependency levels. This method was later adopted and upgraded by the L2beat website into a Layer 2 risk rating index.
Vitalik Buterin hopes to see more entities like L2beat emerge to track the compliance of various projects with established standards. He believes that competition between projects should be based on clear and understandable criteria, rather than "having the right friends."
From a broader perspective, "leaving the test" can evolve into a risk rating tool for assessing the substance and sustainability of various decentralized applications such as Web3 wallets, games, and DeFi.
This evaluation method reflects a political philosophy idea: to address the issue of "who supervises whom," the best solution is the separation of powers rather than centralization. In the blockchain world, this separation is achieved through consensus standards.