According to the source, Vitalik Buterin said low-risk DeFi can be for Ethereum what search was for Google, highlighting a flagship, risk-managed use case on ETH. source: the source For traders, when on-chain activity rises, gas paid increases and the EIP-1559 base fee is burned, removing ETH from supply as demand grows; this makes network usage a direct input to ETH’s supply dynamics. source: Ethereum.org (EIP-1559) Track three signals: total gas used on Ethereum, base-fee ETH burned, and activity in overcollateralized lending and stablecoin-saving protocols that fit the low-risk DeFi profile on ETH L1/L2. source: Ethereum.org (network fundamentals); source: MakerDAO documentation (overcollateralization and RWA-backed reserves); source: Aave protocol documentation (overcollateralized lending) These signals directly reflect usage of conservative DeFi primitives emphasized in the comment and link to ETH’s fee and burn mechanics. source: Ethereum.org (EIP-1559, gas mechanics)