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Let's be real. That romantic fairytale of crypto was born out of the ashes of the 2008 financial collapse. It sold a vision of utopia where everything was governed by radical transparency, community governance, and open-source innovation. It was an alluring fantasy, vowing to tear down the opaque power structures...

Let's be blunt. The move to closed-source crypto development is a very high stakes gamble. This betrayal happens slowly before our eyes. It runs counter to the deeply rooted ideals that first drew so many of us to this space. This wasn’t the world we were sold — that we...

Transparency and verifiability are the core tenets of open-source technology, which promotes trust and collaboration. The open-source model has come under greater scrutiny as its impact on security and IP protection becomes more obvious. From decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols to artificial intelligence (AI) models, the debate over open versus closed...