According to @VitalikButerin (X/Twitter, Oct 26, 2025), a core blockchain property is that even a 51% attack cannot make an invalid block valid, so 51% of validators colluding or suffering a software bug cannot directly steal assets on-chain. According to @VitalikButerin (X/Twitter, Oct 26, 2025), this guarantee does not hold if users or protocols trust the validator set to perform tasks the chain does not control, where 51% of validators can collude to output a wrong answer with no recourse. According to @VitalikButerin (X/Twitter, Oct 26, 2025), this highlights trading-relevant risk for systems that depend on validator-majority outcomes for off-chain decisions or oracle-like answers, as the trust model shifts from objective consensus security to social trust in validators.

According to dYdX Foundation (@dydxfoundation), last month's dYdX VIP Brunch in Paris brought together users, validators, and routers, highlighting France as a key market for dYdX. The event provided an opportunity for direct engagement with the community, which is crucial for network participation and ecosystem growth. For traders, this signals dYdX's ongoing commitment to expanding its European user base, potentially increasing trading volumes and liquidity on the platform. Source: dYdX Foundation Twitter, May 29, 2025.