Ethereum

Ethereum is the most mature programmable settlement layer for building credibly-neutral coordination mechanisms.

Why it matters

• Smart contracts as institutional building blocks
• Account abstraction + smart wallets → better human UX
• L2s as the scaling path (with fragmentation risk)

Questions we track

• Which primitives increase alignment bandwidth (identity, reputation, attestations)?
• What reduces fraud/MEV-driven extraction?
• What’s the practical path to privacy (ZK) without breaking usability?