Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) co-founder and one of the biggest voices in the cryptocurrency space, Vitalik Buterin, praised the ecosystem’s free speech ideals. However, the assertion faced backlash from a group of people on social media. What Happened: The man behind one of the biggest blockchain projects took to social platform X to take pride in Ethereum’s culture of welcoming criticism and not silencing voices with negative feedback on its work. “Some wave the ideal of “open discourse” as a flag, some take it seriously,” Buterin said, in an apparent dig at censorship happening on other blockchain…