# should vitalik sell eth or L2 tokens he invested in? 

Source: https://warpcast.com/casslineth/0xc789c171
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/should-vitalik-sell-eth-or-L2-tokens-he-invested-in?index=0x66da8cb156c2238ba93715ef0ecd052650cf005f656a065901e9345f211e3d220a7d8e68
Submitted by casslin.eth on 2024-09-06 UTC, 1 upvote, 0 comments

## Summary

Commenters debate whether Vitalik Buterin should sell ETH or L2 tokens he holds, and the post argues that selling is acceptable. It says founders can reasonably exit some equity for financial security, with caveats that he should sell only a minority or small share and that overly luxurious lifestyles can be criticized. The post also acknowledges real community frustration about Ethereum's direction and credits Buterin, referenced as @vitalik.eth, for admitting this and committing not to invest in L2s, which it describes as apparently overfunded at the cost of other Ethereum developments.

## Article

1. ppl obsessing over v or ef selling is ridiculous: it is ok to sell, just as any founder of a company is ok to exit [some] equity to for some financial security at [certain stage] of the company. ppl needs to live a reasonably comfortable life to continue contributing to the world, after all. 

-Caveat 1: not all of the founder equity, preferably minority/v small amount  of them

-Caveat 2: a case can be made against overly luxurious lifestyles; 

2. However, community frustration and confusion as to where eth is going forward, are real, and need to be addressed of. Respect @vitalik.eth for seeing, admitting, and taking this objectively, not personally, and commit not to invest in L2s, coz L2s are apparently over funded, at the cost of other possible net-positive developments of eth ecosystem.

https://x.com/VitalikButerin/status/1831798333410873736