Ethereum should be cautious about relying on software controlled by a venture fund that is simultaneously developing competing infrastructure. Ethereum should be cautious about adopting Reth. Concentrating a core client in the hands of a single investor backed entity exposes the protocol to that actor’s strategic priorities, including portfolio pressures, shifting roadmaps and the inevitable conflicts that arise when commercial interests overlap with protocol governance. This is why Lambda decided a year ago to develop @ethrex_client rather than adopt Reth in our products. A system that aspires to function as a global financial backend needs to be built on engineering cultures that emphasize neutrality, long term reliability and transparent decisionmaking. Ethereum’s resilience has historically come from a diverse set of clients developed by teams whose incentives align with the health of the network rather than short term mercenary objectives. Our engineering concerns reinforce this view. Reth’s codebase adopts a Java like style and incorporates AI generated components, a combination that reduces clarity and introduces fragility. Protocol critical software must favour mininalism, maintainability and correctness.

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