### 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 importance of creating funding structures that incentivize open source, open standards, and security in the long term. He believes that such structures can deter closed-minded and excessively extractive behaviors, fostering positive-sum participation in a wider ecosystem. Vitalik argues that the tech world currently underestimates the importance of efficient capital formation for future development. He believes that establishing a funding structure that sustainably incentivizes open source, open standards, and security is key to driving technological progress. Such a structure would effectively curb "walled garden" mentalities and excessive extraction, encouraging more participants to become contributors to a wider ecosystem, thus promoting the healthy growth of the entire ecosystem.