"Proof-of-ConsenSys" compares the initial Ethereum whitepaper with the latest Privacy Policies by ConsenSys. Proving the surveillance nature of MetaMask & Infura - contradicting the whole Ethereum ethos. Here is a list of the words missing from Vitalik Buterin's whitepaper that you could find in ConsenSys's Privacy Policies.

“Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.” Noam Chomsky

Our language defines our lives, relations, work & aspirations. Our language differs from the legislative narration that is soulless and dry. That’s why its important to set a watershed between the language of dreams & barriers preventing those dreams to come true.

Original Whitepaper is full of aspirations for the better society we know. It strives to invent a “platform” for fostering Bitcoin decentralisation. 8 years passed since its publication & we are here.

Metamask, a gateway to Ethereum, “breath” with legal language that defines rules & norms of our lives. It applies surveillance techniques that are missing from Ethereum whitepaper. Moreover, it uses dead bureaucratic language that is again mission from Vitalik’s vision.

On 23 November 2022, ConsenSys updated its Privacy Policies for the MetaMask & shocked the whole Ethereum community: now the company will collect your IP addresses & wallet addresses. Those confirm the surveillance nature & traceability of the major blockchain networks.

Privacy Policy is a legal document contradicting the ethos of Ethereum. Because it's written by legal & data officers, it uses dead bureaucratic language. The community doesn't use such vocabulary. Because it's a language of regulation, surveillance & government "protection". "Proof-of-ConsenSys" shows the state of Ethereum ethos. It welcomes the community to think over how Ethereum started in 2014, where it's now with ConsenSys & where it's going.

Policy, cookies, marketing, compliance, subsidiaries, subpoenas, government, fraud, restrict, commercial and many other words are missing from Ethereum whitepaper. What is the nature of these words:

• Legal vocabulary (corporate affiliates, proceeding, EU data subjects)

• Marketing vocabulary (promotions, direct marketing)

• Bureaucratic language (permit, authorised agent, dispute)

Privacy Policy is a mirror reflecting relations between Ethereum community, governments & ConsenSys responsible for serving “the next 1BLN people in Ethereum”.

In what kind of Ethereum world you want to live in?
How regulated you want it to be?
How bureaucratic you want it to look&feel?

“Proof-of-ConsenSys” is here to stay.
23 november, 2022.
The day surveillance knocked on your door.