We caught up with Vitalik at DevCon in Bogota to talk shop: How does he see the state of the network, does he think looming centralization is a threat. Was Ethereum's danksharding plus third party layer 2s a good architecture decision? How much of an issue is MEV?

Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum – State of Affairs After the Merge

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Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum – State of Affairs After the Merge

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