How come ETH heads add a next, more complicated layer to the...

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2026-07-06T20:58:23Z

How come ETH heads add a next, more complicated layer to their Rube Goldberg machine every few years, but haven't been able to come up with a descent address format, i.e. one that has a network/token type prefix and a checksum? Is this a real life?

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