Vitalik Buterin says 'proud' Ethereum doesn't censor critical voices, but social media users complain the opposite is true

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and one of the loudest voices in the cryptocurrency space. Vitalik Buterin, praised the ecosystem's free speech ideals. However, the claim faced backlash from some people on social media.

what happened: The man behind one of the biggest blockchain projects took to social platform X, taking pride in Ethereum's culture of welcoming criticism and not silencing voices with negative feedback on its work.

“Some hold up the ideal of ‘open discussion’ as a banner, while others take it seriously,” Buterin said, in an apparent harsh criticism of censorship occurring on other blockchain platforms. .

However, these claims were disputed by social media users who say they face significant censorship from Ethereum influencers.

X user working under a pen name vague “Well, when I told someone that Ethereum fees were high, he abused me for 13 minutes, please explain.”

Matthew GouldThe founder and CEO of blockchain company Unstoppable Domains has faced the exact opposite of what Buterin preaches, including heavy censorship by some projects on the network and condemnation of differing opinions on its operations. He said he did.

Why it's important: As any expert will tell you, constructive criticism of technology and processes is critical to the overall progress of any industry.

Solana (cipher: Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder of SOL, supported Buterin's view and considered this to be an industry-wide phenomenon.

“The whole industry is amazing,” Yakavenko said in response to Buterin's post. “It's amazing how engineers from Microsoft, Google, and Apple get together in one chat room and constantly challenge each other's design decisions. I've never done it before,” he wrote.

Price action: At the time of writing, Ethereum was trading at $3,089.07, down 1.43% in the past 24 hours, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

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