Cancel Culture in Crypto: Vitalik Buterin Weighs In

Cancel culture reared its head in crypto recently with Ethereum Name Service (ENS) director of operations Brantly Millegan fired on the back of a 75% majority vote to remove him.

The cause? An inflammatory 2016 tweet from the devout Catholic.

But crypto camps were quickly divided over the story.

Vitalik Buterin ultimately created Ethereum because Warcrafted nerfed his character: “I cried myself to sleep, and on that day I realized what horrors centralized services can bring. I soon decided to quit.”

Was this a case of cancel culture and censorship finding its way into the world of web3 — something that in many respects goes against the ethos of decentralization?

Was this just a case of DAOs working as expected, with governance procedures and majority rule quickly settling matters?

Vitalik Buterin on Cancel Culture and the Ethereum Ecosystem

Buterin weighed in on this question in a recent episode of The Defiant podcast with Camila Russo.