If Ethereum was to become the settlement layer of value on the internet, then it would be one of the prime targets to attack in a war. One of the rules of World War III-grade resistance is that even the most powerful nation-states can’t co-opt Ethereum and impose their rules upon you.
That’s led to the concept of platform risk: when you build on something, you risk that the platform changes the rules on you. There are these famous stories of entrepreneurs building businesses on top of Twitter and Facebook, and these platforms changing their APIs, so the businesses just disappear. It also resonates strongly with people who want to build stuff. The internet was designed to be this system that would survive a nuclear war. The idea of World War III infrastructure is an attractive narrative for internet lovers.
What does that mean and how does the merge get you closer to that idea? You’ve talked about wanting Ethereum to be “World War III-resistant” in past interviews. You’ll be able to build an application that will last for decades and centuries.
I also like the idea that we’re building World War III-grade infrastructure that is not built on top of the internet, but is actually the internet itself. I find that pretty exciting: Removing intermediaries that take a fee or gate-keep, or operate in a single country as opposed to the whole world. On Ethereum, you can have a random 12-year-old in India with a clever idea and some coding skills, and they can start single-handedly building with these Legos.
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