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TRX Vitalik Buterin argues ETH store-of-value focus beats fee-burning token
Vitalik Buterin argued that focusing on "ETH as store of value (SoV)" makes more sense than "ETH as fee-burning token," citing three primary reasons. He said EIP-1559 and its burn are "fine and good" and should be kept, but that fee burn being under 10% of breakeven indefinitely should not be a cause for sadness. He framed decentralization and CROPS as Ethereum's core strengths, translating into stability.
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| Asset | Price at first report | 6h before | 1h before | 1h after | 6h after | 1h move vs normal | 24h volume vs median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETH | $2,238 | +0.26% | +0.20% | −0.05% | −0.43% | 0.1σ | 0.4× |
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What the sources claim
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Buterin believes ETH as a store of value is a better focus than ETH as a fee-burning token. ETH
“"ETH as store of value (SoV)" makes much more sense to focus on than "ETH as fee-burning token"”
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Buterin says ETH as a fee-burning token was never as strong as it seemed. ETH
“ETH as fee-burning token never was as strong as it seemed”
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Buterin says optimizing for fee-burning would be hard to make compatible with decentralization and capture resistance. ETH
“very hard to make compatible with decentralization and capture resistance”
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Buterin says EIP-1559 including its burn is fine and good and should be kept. ETH
“EIP-1559 (including its burn) is fine and good, we should keep them”
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Buterin says fee burn being under 10% of breakeven indefinitely should not be a cause for sadness. ETH
“we should not feel sad if fee burn is < 10% of breakeven indefinitely”
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Buterin says the main pragmatic benefit of Ethereum's decentralization and CROPS is stability. ETH
“The main pragmatic benefit that these things translate into is stability”
Vitalik Buterin
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