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Governance is dead, long live TOKENSA popular trend kicked off by the Compound Protocol in the Spring of 2020 was governance tokens for DeFi protocols. The dream of governance tokens was a beautiful ideal. Simply by using a protocol, you would automatically and freely receive ownership of it. Decision making around the protocol would be decentralized allowing thousands and ultimately millions to have their say and vote on changes to the protocol. But the reality of governance tokens hasn’t li...
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LeightonDisclosures
Last Updated: 10/02/2025 I assume no duty and provide no guarantee of keeping these disclosures complete or up to date, but currently anticipate updating them from time to time to reflect the changes I deem sufficiently material to warrant disclosure. Liquid Tokens I hold various liquid tokens these are all bought / sold on open markets and I receive no special access. I’m an angel investor in: Gold Sky, Pods Finance, Optimism PBC, The Giving Block, Charged Particles, Rabbit Hole, Mirror, Ney...
LeightonGovernance is dead, long live TOKENS
Governance is dead, long live TOKENSA popular trend kicked off by the Compound Protocol in the Spring of 2020 was governance tokens for DeFi protocols. The dream of governance tokens was a beautiful ideal. Simply by using a protocol, you would automatically and freely receive ownership of it. Decision making around the protocol would be decentralized allowing thousands and ultimately millions to have their say and vote on changes to the protocol. But the reality of governance tokens hasn’t li...
LeightonNot Companies, Not DAOs But a Third More Secret Thing
Crypto Protocols are a new way of providing services. They provide services autonomously without the need to rely on any person or company. This makes them more efficient, scalable, and fair than alternative options. Crypto Protocols are the most important innovations in the last 200 years. They are also deeply misunderstood. The thinking models of companies are being incorrectly applied to protocols. And more recently, the ill-defined term “DAO” is being incorrectly applied to crypto protoco...
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In 2013 @VitalikButerin loved Bitcoin. However, Bitcoin was limited because you couldn't build arbitrary programs on top of it. He created Ethereum to take trustless execution of Bitcoin generalize it to arbitrary apps.
In 2021 @sreeramkannan loved Ethereum. However, Ethereum was limited because apps had to be built within the Ethereum virtual machine. He created @eigenlayer to take the trustless execution of Ethereum and generalize it to arbitrary usage.
My personal view is that EigenLayer will be the most important launch since Ethereum itself. It enables Ethereum validators to secure arbitrary programs not running on the Ethereum blockchain. You no longer need to bootstrap a decentralized network to run a decentralized program.
In 2013 @VitalikButerin loved Bitcoin. However, Bitcoin was limited because you couldn't build arbitrary programs on top of it. He created Ethereum to take trustless execution of Bitcoin generalize it to arbitrary apps.
In 2021 @sreeramkannan loved Ethereum. However, Ethereum was limited because apps had to be built within the Ethereum virtual machine. He created @eigenlayer to take the trustless execution of Ethereum and generalize it to arbitrary usage.
My personal view is that EigenLayer will be the most important launch since Ethereum itself. It enables Ethereum validators to secure arbitrary programs not running on the Ethereum blockchain. You no longer need to bootstrap a decentralized network to run a decentralized program.
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