[bunkydoo]

This ultimately ends with Vitalik receiving a subpoena from the feds on behalf of a U.S. based investor who loses and gets pissed. Then he either complies and builds a backdoor for Ethereum, or he gets banned from the U.S. has trouble going back to Russia because they want the same thing. So he will ultimately become like the Bobby Fischer of crypto in effort to not give government backdoor access to Ethereum. Will it work? Tune in next week!

[DennisP]

Ethereum is defined by a 32-page spec and has seven independent implementations so far, each in a different language, with only one produced by the organization that Vitalik leads. It might be a bit challenging introducing a back door.

[mahyarm]

And what will Vitalik testify in this subpoena? What could he reveal that wouldn't already be public? It's like giving a subpoena to a hammer maker to ask them what happened with hammer x that built thingy Y that they sold long time ago.