### Vitalik on Open Source Incentives#

In response to a community member's point about the importance of "efficient capital formation for building the future," Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin emphasized the need for funding structures that can incentivize open-source, open standards, and security in the long term. He believes such structures can discourage closed-off mentalities and excessive extractive behavior, promoting positive-sum participation in a broader ecosystem. Vitalik argues that the tech world generally underestimates the importance of efficient capital formation for building the future, and that creating funding structures that continuously incentivize open-source, open standards, and security can effectively curb walled garden mentalities and extractive practices, ultimately driving the positive development of the entire ecosystem.