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Today, Vitalik's blog has been updated with a long article titled "My Techno-Optimism," which elaborates on his recent techno-optimism, AI risks, and methods to avoid centralization in today's world.
The perspective and focus of the article are both broad, and the content is lengthy. Readers who are interested can directly view the translated version.
Vitalik's blog is often interpreted as a barometer of technology, and the concepts within it occasionally spark a frenzy in the crypto community. In this article, Vitalik also mentioned an important and seemingly unfamiliar yet familiar concept: "d/acc."
d/acc, this abbreviation that looks like a code symbol, what exactly is it?
Before you can fully understand, a trend in the crypto community has already begun:
Many big shots, such as Solana's co-founder raj, have changed the suffix of their names to d/acc, reminiscent of the previous trend when Vitalik changed his Twitter name to "屯林," prompting numerous accounts to follow suit.
Subsequently, dog coins named d/acc quickly appeared on both Ethereum and Solana, becoming the new targets for degens today. From a blog concept to a type of meme symbol and then to a type of crypto asset, the speculative speed of the crypto community is indeed rapid.
However, beyond speculation, with a practical attitude, we should also clarify what exactly Vitalik means by d/acc.
Similar to e/acc
The reason why this d/acc looks both unfamiliar and familiar is because a similar word was popular 2-3 months ago—e/acc.
In the article "What's the New Trend 'e/acc' That Silicon Valley Big Shots Are Chasing?," we have already introduced that at that time, A16Z's founder Marc Andreessen and YC incubator's CEO Garry Tan were the first to add "e/acc" as a suffix to their social media accounts. Subsequently, you would find many others adding these letters to the end of their names.
The previous trend was related to the big discussions in the GPT and AI craze.
The so-called e/acc translates to "Effective Accelerationism." If it seems confusing, it can be understood in simple terms as:
You should appreciate the enormous benefits brought by technological progress and hope to accelerate this trend to bring these benefits more quickly.
A typical example is AI. When products like GPT allow people to taste the sweetness and marvel at technological progress, the viewpoint of e/acc should be to continue to strongly support the development of AI, making it more intelligent and serving more scenarios.
In the eyes of e/acc followers, any innovative idea that offers hypothetical value should not be denied, even if it seems too absurd, too far-fetched, or too distant at present.
Therefore, using e/acc as a suffix for one's account is actually a display of attitude in the venture capital or tech community.
What exactly is d/acc?
Let's return to Vitalik's mention of d/acc.
First, Vitalik himself certainly knows the true meaning of e/acc, so he has made a layer of conceptual extension based on this: acc still means "acceleration," but the letter d can be given multiple meanings from its representation:
Defense, Decentralization, Democracy, and Differential.
With this combination of words, you can extend it to acceleration of defense, decentralization, democracy, and differential.
It sounds a bit abstract, but in the blog, Vitalik consolidates these different directions into the same concept—an outlook of "defense-first."
Vitalik believes that a defense-oriented world is a better world because it not only directly enhances security and reduces conflicts, but also makes healthy, open, and freedom-respecting forms of governance easier to thrive.
So, what exactly do we need to defend?
Vitalik elaborates on various aspects of the macro and micro aspects of the world we live in, which also implies that defense is actually everywhere:
Cyber attacks: Enhancing internet security to reduce the threat of hacker attacks.
Privacy infringement: By enhancing network security, reducing personal privacy violations and unnecessary international diplomatic strategies.
Information warfare: Combating false information and online scams, improving the authenticity and reliability of network information.
Biological security and public health: Rapid response to disease outbreaks, such as rapid development and dissemination of vaccines, reducing virus transmission.
And, what means do we use for defense?
Technical tools and applications: Developing personal defense tools, such as software to block network attackers, and browser tools to identify scams.
Data security and encryption technology: Using blockchain and cryptography to enhance data security and tamper resistance.
Smart contracts and decentralized applications: Using blockchain technology to provide transparent, secure network services and transactions.
Rapid response and innovation: In biotechnology and healthcare, responding to health crises by rapidly developing and deploying new therapies and vaccines.
At this point, we have actually touched on the entire content of the d/acc concept: accelerating technological development in different fields to defend against potential attacks and risks in different fields.
Considering that Vitalik has given multiple explanations for the letter d, such as defense, decentralization, and differential, we can also see how the above measures embody these explanations:
Defense
- Security and Protection: d/ACC emphasizes strengthening security and protection in technological progress, especially in the fields of network security, information security, and biosecurity.
- Counteracting External Threats: Defending against network attacks, information warfare, and public health threats through technological means reflects the emphasis on defense in d/ACC.
Decentralization
- Application of Distributed Technologies: Using decentralized technologies such as blockchain to enhance data security and system resilience, reducing reliance on a single centralized entity.
- Enhancing Personal Privacy and Autonomy: Decentralized technologies help protect personal privacy and enhance individual control over their data and online behavior.
Differential
- Promoting Technological Innovation and Diversity: By encouraging technological development in different fields, d/ACC promotes diversity in technological solutions to address various challenges.
- Differentiated Defense Strategies: Implementing customized defense measures in different fields, such as cybersecurity and biotechnology.
Overall, Vitalik demonstrates the practical application of the d/ACC concept in his article through these defense measures and strategies, highlighting the importance of emphasizing security, decentralization, and differentiation in technological development to better form the defensive world he mentioned.
Comparison of e/acc and d/acc
Now we can quickly compare the previous e/acc with Vitalik's mentioned d/acc in terms of concepts:
Overall, both e/acc and d/acc emphasize the importance and impact of technological progress and consider the influence of technological development on social structures and operational methods.
The difference lies in the areas of technology and implementation methods that the two consider, with Vitalik focusing more on improving existing social, economic, and technological frameworks rather than encouraging complete disruption and progress as e/acc does.
In the end, you may feel that these concepts have little to do with yourself and the crypto world. But in reality, high-level discussions often gradually permeate all aspects of the industry in a subtle way; keeping an eye on and understanding them is not a bad thing.
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