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Vitalik Buterin explained his vision of future blockchains, operating with two layers for scalability. The two layers will have different incentives to avoid unfair advantages. Vitalik Buterin explained that the future of on-chain mechanisms may have a general two-layer structure. One layer would work as a market, which is open, and anyone can trade or make predictions. The layer incentivizes decisions with earnings, similar to a prediction market.  The second layer would be decentralized, maximizing for intrinsic motivation and support. The base layer will not be token-based to avoid a 51% attack by buying a large stake. In the case of voting, it would be anonymous to avoid collusion.  Buterin reopened the issue of governance, just as other DAOs and decentralized platforms are rethinking the fairness and efficiency of voting, as well as incentives and voter influence.  A day earlier, Buterin suggested a mechanism to run an on-chain social media, which does not decay due to popularity games. Previously, projects like Steem implemented a double-layer structure, but it devolved into early whale owners and bot-driven popularity contests for content.  Vitalik Buterin shifts attention to creator coins Vitalik Buterin recently mentioned the potential to create a successful creator coin market. He remarked that the past decade has seen multiple attempts to incentivize content creation with crypto, with projects like Steemit and BitClout, and more recently, Zora. The tipping model has also been tried inside decentralized social media. Creator tokens also had a revival in the past few months, bringing a new wave of collections and more active trading.  Creator tokens picked up in the past few months, drawing attention to another potential source of fees and economic activity on Ethereum. | Source: Dune Analytics. Buterin warned that the problem remains hard, as creator incentives do not address the real issue of…

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