According to ChainCatcher, David Marcus, the former Facebook stablecoin project leader, refuted on X platform Nick Tomaino's claim that ETH is not neutral. Nick Tomaino responded that credible neutrality can be defined from three aspects:
- Token distribution and transparency: BTC internal distribution is 0%. Anyone can participate as a PoW miner in a completely transparent manner. ETH has a 10% internal distribution and previously used PoW mining, while Solana's internal distribution is 62%, with early lack of token distribution and validator disclosure, and overall lack of transparency;
- Jurisdictional relationship: Bitcoin initiated the internet-native concept, Ethereum built the internet-native with the global community, while Solana appears more like a "corporate token" that has participated in US lobbying;
- Developer platform: Bitcoin lacks a good developer platform, whereas Ethereum has numerous important use cases (stablecoins, DeFi, Non-Fungible Token, prediction markets, decentralized social platforms, etc.). Ethereum prioritizes providing a decentralized platform for developers and companies, with Coinbase, Blackrock, Fidelity, Stripe, Kraken, Deutsche Bank, Sony, Visa, Polymarket, Uniswap, Aave, and Opensea all building in the Ethereum ecosystem.
