It also links to this pdf version, which has the pictures https://ethereum.foundation/ef-mandate.pdf

Wow, this is actually amazing. A lot of art in here.

kingleopold 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

wtf is that, cant be real

	▲	giancarlostoro 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This reminds me of anyone who went from normal life with normal funds to extreme wealth at a young age, not surprising, this is just the nerd version of rappers / ball players / young actors etc going through their own rendition of this.

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pavel_lishin 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It looks like a pretty decent layout for an RPG manual, but not for a serious document I'd expect to see at work.

	▲	ossicones 4 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		IMO, this means we should change what we should expect to see in work environments. I'd love to see bold vision and art become the norm.
	▲	RobotToaster 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I'd love to see more work documents like this, or that at least aren't boring. That said, a lawyer really should've reviewed it and told them a contract isn't the place for jokes.
	▲	kirth_gersen 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah, they missed their calling. Should have gone into ttrpg design instead.

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abecedarius 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

OK, but there's a lot of artwork in here: the opening-page image has lines like WE ARE ALL ONE IN LOVE -- is anyone taking this text too for a legal commitment?

Added: oh, the seppuku is in the HTML version without art, though you have to click to make it visible. Retracted.

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cobertos 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Is this document sincere or just AI generated and dressed up in something that people are meant to relate to...?

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Catloafdev 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It definitely gives 'cult manifesto' vibes

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andai 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Interesting, it's still there (end of Section III), though sadly without the winking anime girl and yellow cats.

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123ka 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"We cannot force hard forks or protocol changes. We are opinionated only so as to advocate and propose what’s best for the mission."

Lol, did the perpetrators commit seppuku after the illegitimate DAO fork?

	▲	kej 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		"What's best for the mission" means making sure they don't lose money, obviously.

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fhdkweig 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow, it's weird to think that people can be so proud of their terrible ideas. To go so far as to post it on their own website. Project 2025 was published this same way.

I thought the "seppuku" line was hyperbole, but there it is in black and white. You can jump directly to it with a Ctrl+F.

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ETH_start 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Everyone thinks their ideas are brilliant and that the ideas that run contrary to theirs are terrible. Your comment is tantamount to saying "I disagree with these ideas".

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fhdkweig 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I agree with your sentiment, but something this big should have been run through a committee of not-yes-men before publishing. I feel like honest feedback would have stopped this.

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whoanoway 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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andai 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

And then it would have been as lame as every other document, and we wouldn't be talking about it.

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fhdkweig 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I know there are people who believe there is no such thing as bad publicity and that it is better to be remembered as a monster than forgotten, but not me.

	▲	andai 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Monster? What are you talking about?

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skeeter2020 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

this is not yet another document, rather a contract with all the legal baggage that comes along with that - like this lawsuit.

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watwut 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That is not true. Other people can have good ideas, bad ideas, kind of bad ideas, very bad ideas, terrible ideas and off the chart stupid ideas.

So, no the comment is not tantamount to saying "I disagree with these ideas". It is possible to disagree with an idea that is not horribly bad. It is possible to disagree with an idea that is quite smart, just with a trade off I dont prefer.

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ETH_start 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Would you say there's a correlation between how strongly you disagree with an idea and how terrible that idea is?

	▲	skeeter2020 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If you equate terrible with bad. Since most ideas at the far end of the scale are both emotional and the means to an outcome you feel very strongly about, yes,