Decentralization
stakefish — The State of Ethereum in 2026
stakefish's mid-year reading of Ethereum captures a network in institutional transition: 37M ETH staked, 900,000+ validators, a 71-day entry queue…
Nov 10
OpinionEthereum Is Not a Blockchain: It’s a New System with Internet-Like Properties
There’s a common shorthand that reduces Ethereum to a “blockchain.” It’s not wrong, but it’s incomplete — a category error…
Oct 29
FeaturedThe Institutional Layer of Ethereum: Obol Thesis
Ethereum now serves as the financial backbone of the Internet. Over $230 billion in tokenized assets, stablecoins, and DeFi collateral…
Oct 09
FeaturedInstitutions Embrace Distributed Validators as Ethereum Marks 10th Birthday
In Q3 2025, Obol achieved a series of pivotal milestones that underscore its growing influence in Ethereum’s staking ecosystem. Chief…
Oct 09
ReportsEthereum’s Fusaka Upgrade: Scaling Smartly Without Sacrificing Decentralization
Ethereum’s roadmap has always been defined by a delicate balancing act: scaling for global use while remaining decentralized enough for…
Sep 26
FeaturedQ&A with Danny Ryan on The Race To Rewire Wall Street with Ethereum
The Forbes piece written in a Q&A style argues Wall Street’s legacy financial systems are inefficient, with slow settlement and…
Jul 07
OpinionTrust Is the Final Blockchain Frontier
Speed, features, and promises can be copied—trust cannot. It’s earned, not declared. Ethereum is proof that time matters. In the…
Jul 05
OpinionDecentralization is Not an Aesthetic
A Call to Action for Ethereum Builders to Uphold Credible Neutrality, Privacy, and Resilience Decentralization is not an aesthetic. It’s…
Jun 10
FeaturedThe Ethereum Foundation’s Trillion Dollar Security Project
The Trillion Dollar Security (1TS) initiative represents a broad, collaborative push to enhance Ethereum’s overall security. This document marks the…
Jun 06
OpinionStop Comparing Solana to Ethereum
There are fundamental differences that separate Ethereum’s long game from Solana’s shortcut strategy While Ethereum and Solana may both claim…
Jun 03
OpinionThe Hardness That Defines Ethereum
Ethereum’s distinctive property is hardness. We usually talk about Ethereum’s core properties as things like “decentralized trust”, censorship resistance, digital…
May 30
ReportsUnderstanding FOCIL – EMRC
FOCIL (Fork-Choice Enforced Inclusion Lists) is a proposed Ethereum upgrade (EIP-7805) that enhances censorship resistance by requiring validators to enforce…
May 29
OpinionIn Defense of Chain Neutrality
As “net neutrality” defined the ethos of an open internet, “chain neutrality” must now define the integrity of blockchains. It…
May 24
OpinionCan You Be Half a Gangster?
Solana’s Identity Crisis in a World of Extremes This is the main question facing Solana today. Can a blockchain straddle…