#EthereumFuture

In a bold and no-holds-barred AMA, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson has once again fired shots at Ethereum — and this time, it’s personal!

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🚨 Hoskinson Critique:

He called Ethereum’s consensus mechanism a ā€œdumpster fireā€ and slammed its programming model as ā€œterribleā€ and resistant to innovation.

šŸ”„ Ethereum’s Response (2025 Reality):

Ethereum has made massive strides post-Merge. The upcoming Pectra upgrade (mid-2025) introduces:

• EIP-7702: Smart contract-enabled wallets with account abstraction

• EIP-7251: Increased validator staking for better network health

• EOF & PeerDAS: Cryptographic and scalability enhancements for rollups

These reflect active innovation — far from ā€œresistantā€ — and Ethereum’s consensus is now cleaner, greener, and more secure than ever.

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🧠 Hoskinson Critique:

Ethereum’s Layer 2 solutions (like rollups) are ā€œparasiticā€, allegedly draining users and fees without helping the main chain.

šŸ”„ Ethereum’s Response:

Layer 2s like Arbitrum, Optimism, and Base are scaling Ethereum to tens of thousands of TPS, while anchoring back to mainnet for security.

• PeerDAS in the Pectra upgrade will optimize rollup data availability, making L2s even more symbiotic.

• Meanwhile, rollups are bringing millions of users and billions in TVL, supercharging Ethereum’s ecosystem.

That’s growth, not parasitism.

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šŸ‘‘ Hoskinson Critique:

Ethereum is a ā€œdictatorshipā€, steered by Vitalik Buterin and a small dev elite.

šŸ”„ Ethereum’s Response:

Ethereum governance is increasingly community-driven, with open-source EIPs, core dev calls, and research discussions involving global contributors — not just Vitalik.

Vitalik himself often steps back to let the community lead, and upgrades like EIP-4844 (proto-danksharding) came from collective collaboration.

It’s not a one-man show — it’s a global effort.

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šŸ“ˆ As of April 25, 2025:

• Ethereum ($ETH ): $1,795.20

• Cardano ($ADA ): $0.7151

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šŸ’„ Whether you’re team ETH or team ADA, one thing’s clear — the race for blockchain supremacy is FAR from over. With Ethereum doubling down on real-world adoption and scalability, and Cardano pushing its own innovations like Hydra and Mithril, the crypto space is more alive than ever.

Let the debates begin…

Which future are YOU betting on?

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