Vitalik: EF to build an Ethereum free from external pressure

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin announced on X that the Ethereum Foundation (EF) has established operating principles centered on core values such as censorship resistance and privacy. He explained that Ethereum is a technology enabling technical self-sovereignty and non-coercive cooperation, adding that the foundation plans to act as a steward to protect and expand these values. The foundation will prioritize what it calls "CROPS"—Censorship Resistance, Capture Resistance, Open Source, Privacy, and Security—while also enhancing capabilities like scalability and account abstraction. Buterin emphasized that Ethereum will be more than just a blockchain project, serving as a final escape hatch to prevent the monopolization of internet space by specific individuals, groups, or ideologies.