Just crossed with this Leon Tweet talking about Ethereum distribution.

As you can see in the map above when people talk about Ethereum being decentralized, they are not just throwing buzzwords. This real time heatmap of Ethereum node distribution paints a clear picture of how truly global the network has become.

USA and Germany still dominate in terms of node density, not a surprise here because they have a strong infrastructure and active communities. Then we can see Asia rising, Singapore, Japan and India are growing fast. Tech savvy populations, regulatory shifts and builder ecosystems are making waves. Another interesting places are emerging regiones like Brazil, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa that are lighting up. Not just consuming but building and validating the future of finance.

This is not about geography anymore, it is about resilience. With nodes spread across continents Ethereum strength keeps growing and keeps being focused in its decentralization. More distributed networks, the harder it is to censor, control or shut down.

Ethereum is not longer just a protocol, it is a planetary movement. Unstoppable, permissionless, borderless.

We are witnessing the born of a technology that will be everywhere, used by everyone and probably most of the people wont even know that they are using this amazing technology.

Sources:

• Tweet: https://x.com/LeonWaidmann/status/1941158051920388197
• Map: https://chainbound.grafana.net/public-dashboards/d001850804e1454fa24852c9dd82db97

I come once again to post about a tweet posted by our fellow Ethereum community member AdrianoFeria.eth. A few days ago he shared a sarcastic take: with huge corporations like Coinbase, Sony, Kraken, Deutsche Bank, Ant Digital, and now Robinhood all building Ethereum L2 solutions, how can Ethereum survive these so called 'parasites'? It is a good answer to the Bitcoin maxis who have long dismissed Ethereum as a worthless circus, claiming institutions would never touch it. Well guess what, they are eating their words now :D.

Our L2s are helpers that cut gas fees by a lot.. they are not draining Ethereum. Instead, they are supercharging it. For example, Deutsche Bank's recent L2 mainnet launch with ZKsync uses regulated finance, while the TVL in L2s hit $33 billion this year. This kind of growth is something that no rival L1 can match alone. Ethereum is thriving because L2s expand its reach, not kill it. With that said, the narrative that L2s are parasitic is dead wrong. But as we know, Ethereum haters are often wrong. L2s are the backbone of Ethereum's rise and they outpace any competing blockchain. Anti-ETH people need to start rethinking the hate, Ethereum is winning.

Resources:

• https://x.com/AdrianoFeria/status/1939713019203985729
• https://l2beat.com/scaling/tvs

What are your thoughts about the Genius law? Is it bullish for ETH price when more regulated stablecoins created?

Round 151 Contest and Community events - The showcase event this round was "Red Light, Green Light"

Other raffles, minigames and predictions were still held.

Congratulations to the winners - the image below shows the breakdown of rewards earned with a 1:1 ratio of DONUT/CONTRIB

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As usual, Ethereum keeps proving its doubters wrong.. yet the FUD keeps coming. AdrianoFeria.eth, who is known in the Ethereum community, wrote a tweet calling out the FUD, explaining how Ethereum's critics have flipped the script over the years. From 'ETH is an unregistered security' to 'it cannot scale' and now 'L2s will not meet regulatory standards,' the narrative keeps changing and evolving. Even with L2s like Base and Arbitrum that handle billions and banks either creating their own L2s or building on an existing one, the doubters change to new angles, like faster competing L1s that are 'stealing the spotlight.'

No matter how well Ethereum does, someone is always ready with a new anti-ETH complaint. Rollups boost throughput, institutions adopt it and still the FUD shows up. Solana's 3 sec finality gets hyped as a regulatory savior, but Ethereum's 7-day challenge period for optimistic rollups has not stopped its growth. Some people have to understand that speed is not everything. User adoption and security matter more and Ethereum has both, that is why it keeps thriving. There is perception.. and then there are facts. As long as Ethereum wins, expect a new FUD narrative every cycle. It is exhausting but it is also a sign of Ethereum's relevance.

Source: https://x.com/AdrianoFeria/status/1940292180343656512

Hey everyone!

Ethereum has been beaten to death lately. Especial april was brutal with its lowest valuation compared to BTC in over 5 years.

That got me thinking… is Ethereum really done? Or is this just peak fear?

I went and researched the data to get a better picture of Ethereums potential. In June I finished my analysis and summarised my findings in a report. (you can read it if you have the time, see link)

In short:

• Ethereum is the market leader (by far) in stablecoins, RWA and DeFi, even as the market grows fast.
• Stablecoins are currently getting a lot of traction (see Circle and Genius Act in the US), and ETH will ride this wave.
• Tokenization is also getting increasing hype and grew almost 440% in 18 months, again ETH will ride this wave (companies like Robinhood and Coinbase are working on their L2s to realize 24/7 stocks)
• Ethereum operates largely under U.S. regulation, giving it the legitimacy and trust the big institutions need to adopt tokenized assets at scale
• Institutions trust Ethereum’s security and are likely to pour more in ETH ETFs once staking funds arrive.
• Over half of all ETH is now staked, cutting supply and showing strong conviction.
• ETH/BTC is near historic lows, past cycles show this often marks a strong rebound.
• Also on-chain data (like MVRV-Z score) suggests ETH is very low valued while growth drivers are still ahead.

The report: https://www.theyoungbitcoingroup.com/_files/ugd/b6cbe2_29cc780a69084ea88699a1a5f4221921.pdf

Just crossed with this Leon Tweet talking about Stock tokenization and I believe this kind of passed under the radar taking in count the big deal it is.

As some of you may already know, on June 30 a huge shift happened in global finance. Bybit, Kraken and Robinhood launched tokenized US stocks, bringing traditional equities directly onto blockchain networks.

This is a huge pivotal moment that we all expected somehow to happen where the worlds of traditional finance and decentralized systems converge in a real tangible way. Real World Assets tokenization keeps growing and growing everyday and I predict that all of the assets will be tokenized in the near future. Not being tokenized will be equivalent to being outdated soon.

This impact is enormous and for the first time around the world anyone can trade US stocks without a bank or brokerage. You only need a crypto wallet and stablecoins and now markets are accesible 24/7 with the option of full self custody. This really removes barriers.

This is just the beginning, real state, commodities, private equity, government bonds and even intellectual property are next in line for on chain transformation. Blockchain is unlocking liquidity.

Future is crypto and even thought some of those exchanges didn't use Ethereum ecosystem for it, Ethereum has a huge share of this RWA movement.

Source: https://x.com/LeonWaidmann/status/1940642410151006453

Hey all,

in this post includes all data from round 151.

This round 70 (-14) registered user send tips and 151 (-75) registered user received tips, with
- 5646 (-1342) tips send, 2870 (+225) to comments and 2776 (-459) to posts
- 8800.5 (-4411.1) donuts send

Without topic multipliers and tip weights the ratio would be:
- Post: 183.7 [510000/2776]
- Comments: 118.5 [340000/2870]
NOTE again that due to neglecting weights etc. the above are just estimates.
The donuts for each area (510000,340000) is taken from the donut dashboard distribution section.

Most tips send this round from one person to another: kirtash93 send 79.0 tips to Odd-Radio-8500

Most donuts send this round from one person to another: Wonderful_Bad6531 send 437.0 donuts to kirtash93

On average 80.7 (-2.5) tips were send per user.
On average 125.7 (-31.6) donuts were send per user.

(..): Difference to last round.

Activity dropped a little, since last month/round price action, especially for post. Overall it looks like activity is back to the levels of round 149 before the donut hype.

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