PANews reported on January 6 that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared his latest views on d/acc (decentralized acceleration) in his latest blog post, pointing out that there is actually an important connection between d/acc and cryptocurrency. d/acc extends the underlying values of cryptocurrency, such as decentralization, censorship resistance, and open economic and social concepts, to other technical fields. As early adopters, cryptocurrency users' communities naturally become testing grounds for d/acc technology. The community attaches great importance to practice rather than empty talk, making the cryptocurrency community an ideal incubator for d/acc technology, especially in group-oriented fields such as information and biodefense. Cryptocurrency practitioners are good at working together. In addition, cryptocurrency technologies such as blockchain and zero-knowledge proof can be applied to the construction of d/acc's financial, governance and social media infrastructure, and to protect privacy. Today, many prediction markets are based on blockchain and are becoming more complex, decentralized and democratized. Collaboration on cryptocurrency-related technologies, such as formal verification, software and hardware security, and adversarial robust governance techniques, is both beneficial to cryptocurrency projects and key to the d/acc goal of enhancing the security and robustness of the Ethereum blockchain, wallets, and DAOs, while reducing the vulnerability of network attacks (including the threat of super-intelligent AI). In addition to these direct intersections, there is another critical common focus: funding mechanisms. This is another way that the cryptocurrency community can help d/acc: by carefully exploring these funding mechanisms and making them work in their own environment, preparing for broader adoption of broader open source science and technology.
There will be two major challenges in the coming decades: one is the rapid development of new technologies, especially artificial intelligence, which may bring positive or negative results, and the specific time is unknown; the other is the reduction of international cooperation, and many actors are more pursuing self-interest. But he also sees hope: first, we have powerful tools to accelerate the progress of work, such as artificial intelligence to help other technologies develop, brain-computer interfaces to improve productivity, the Internet and social media to expand the scope of coordination, cryptocurrencies to enhance financial power, and information defense and collaboration tools to improve quality. In addition, there have been significant advances in cybersecurity technology, software writing, biodefense and biotechnology. Second, broad alliances can regain cherished principles. Cryptocurrencies have won global recognition, and d/acc also has this potential. Having tools means that we can improve organisms and the environment, and the "defense" in d/acc ensures that this is achieved without infringing on the freedom of others. Liberal pluralism allows diversity, and common human goals drive us to complete the task. Faced with the task of building a brighter 21st century, although it is arduous, he believes that humans are up to it.
Related reading: Vitalik’s latest 20,000-word article: Technological Optimism under the “d/acc” concept
