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In this video, I discuss Ethereum’s poor performance since the September 2022 merge, and some reasons behind it.
One of the worst things about Ethereum is this:
The whole system is set up to maximize rent-seeking by large ETH holders and beneficiaries of the huge premine/presale. Most Ethereum sheep don’t even realize this.
Ethereum extracts money from its users/transactors and gives that money to large Ethereum stakers (the more Ethereum you own and stake, the higher the probability that you will get to win the next block).
How does this work? When you make an Ethereum transaction, you pay a base fee and a priority fee (tip) to the validators (i.e. people who have staked their ETH).
Unlike in BTC, in ETH you even pay this fee whether or not your transaction goes through.
The base fee is burned (EIP 1559), thus decreasing the overall supply of ETH and helping ETH stakers/validators. ETH stakers/validators keep the priority fee/tip, thus getting even richer.
Do you see what is happening? The entire system is set up to rent-seek off of transactors, in order to benefit holders. Kinda reminds you of the endless tolls and fees in the traditional fiat system that enrich banks and payment processors.
Summary:
Users get financially penalized for using the network, while holders/stakers of ETH get rewarded.
Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.
Will Ether Flip Bitcoin in the Next Year?
https://blockworks.co/news/the-flippening-will-ether-flip-bitcoin-in-the-next-year
Ethereum Is Losing Favor Among Institutional Investors:
https://decrypt.co/155964/ethereum-is-losing-favor-among-institutional-investors-coinshares
Ethereum Developer Vitalik Buterin Sold 25% Of His Coins:
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin moves $1M of ETH to Coinbase:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-co-founder-vitalik-buterin-moves-600-eth-to-coinbase
How Ethereum gas fees work:
https://ethereum.org/en/developers/docs/gas/
Ethereum validators actively imposing OFAC censorship:
https://www.mevwatch.info/
Vitalik collaborating with chain surveillance company:
https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/vitalik-buterin-and-chainalysis-want-privacy-users-to-submit-their-tx-history-to-intermediaries/
Core Scientific files for bankruptcy:
https://www.reuters.com/technology/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-file-chapter-11-bankruptcy-cnbc-2022-12-21/
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ETH is the largest obstacle for BTC adoption.
No sad. Happy
Thank you!
I had a fair sum of ETH a couple of years back, but thanks to research done here and other sources I decided to dump ETH and buy BTC. I'm so glad I did. Thank you Matt.
'off of' – yuck, I thought you were more intelligent than to use that disgusting expression.
Don’t need to waste your time on eth videos. Eth investors incurable and they are stuck with the 🤡🦠 forever.
Cat-purse boy doing POW mining!!🤣🤣
The biggest shitcoin scam ever. They all will be wrecked before the Halving. The number one shitcoin changes every 4 years like clockwork.
So after ETH abandoned PoW, instead of the flippening it’s the FLOPpening!
Is it?
Rest in Pieces Ethirium..
I love ETH because it gives me chance to buy BTC at a lower price. Long live ETH! until I get enough amount of BTC❤
It's not dying it has its place..there are no guarantees it all could crash ..bitcoin too, who knows, nuclear war, USA is a basket case you got a complete retard puppet in place. Every institution politized and corrupted, open borders, 32 trillion debt and growing. In the process of losing the reserve currency..America the land of the brave. No more like dumber than dumb…
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ETH is not even poor mans Bitcoin. It's digital dog shi*. IMO
Great information. Thanks for the update.
If Bitcoin fails (haha, as if) you can just become a comedian, Matt. I love these videos where you use your dry sense of humour to drive home your points. Thank you for making my day!
Good. I’m sick of ETH
who would want their money to be dependent on someone like vitalik? just look at him
Who is worse: ETH's Vitalik or ADA's Charles Hoskinson?
😂I’m dying at that proof of work! 🤣
Raoul Paul trying to pump eth now. 😡😡😡 Scammer
I take solace knowing that Etherians are sacrificing their future so we can earn more sats
Wow, poor BTC maxi is really jealous of staking. Geez just buy some ETH. No need to go on a useless 9 minute rant.
Also, it's now obvious you were dead wrong when you said they will ban ETH by the end of 2023. The truth is they will do the opposite and approve an ETH futures ETF soon after they approve a spot BTC ETF. Several companies have already filed for ETH futures ETFs. But of course you're a nasty, lying, hateful, BTC maxi that doesn't want his listeners to know the truth.
Lol a btc maxi mindset is set to lose 100% what do you think the future is ? Old slow btc ? you dont think the future is high tech?
You did the thing! Seeing Vitalik picking his nose never gets old 😂
Never held ETH and never will. ETH is literally a ponzi scheme for the rich.
My man Matt!
Ethereum is a shit coin.
You constantly making fun of his appereance like you aren't a pencil neck nerd yourself is hilarious. You come off as insecure and I don't even like ETH. You probably have way more in common with Vitalik then you know. It's ok. You are playing for a diffrent team no need to be a bully it takes away from your credibility.
Sadly most ETH holders don't really care about their rent seeking protocol because they are completely unaware of how the fiat system works. ETH is "number go up, freedom go down" technology. People won't realize it until it's too late.
Moving to POS was really a silver bullet for Ethereum. First rule of engineering a hard money is that it must be hard to create, otherwise it is just Fiat 2: Electric Boogaloo.
“Doing some proof of work, doing some mining” You’re hilarious
When ETH went from PoW to PoS, they lost my interest, as ETH was one of the coins I was mining… Since then, after spending boatloads on mining equipment, I have intuitively thought much the same way as you've managed to explain here in your video…I appreciate the explanation, as it affirms my own thoughts on the matter… I'm no longer an ETH fan…
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