Vitalik: Blockchain can serve as a defense mechanism against the "efficiency" of authoritarian regimes

ChainCatcher news, according to CryptoSlate, in a recent episode of the Bankless podcast, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin elaborated on the potential of blockchain to enhance democratic resilience through secure, anonymous communication and verifiable voting.

Vitalik Buterin emphasized that comparing the information environment to Thomas Hobbes' concept of "everyone against everyone" in a state of war, monopolistic control of narratives could become the only stable equilibrium. This metaphor highlights the potential for authoritarian regimes to utilize the internet for data aggregation, transforming a tool intended to empower freedom into one that strengthens central control.