THE TRUSTLESS MANIFESTO

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

Ethereum's decentralization erodes through convenience as hosted RPCs, centralized sequencers, and upgrade keys create dependence on intermediaries most users cannot realistically replace. The manifesto defines trustlessness through three laws: no critical secrets held by single actors, no indispensable intermediaries that only specialists can run, and no unverifiable outcomes hidden from public data. Builders must reject systems requiring faith in intermediaries and measure success by trust reduced per transaction rather than throughput.