@sgoldfed retweet (Wed Oct 21 20:16:36 +0000 2026): Original @katsuxbt (Tue Oct 20 16:41:51 +0000 2026): Offchain Labs CEO Steven Goldfeder says Arbitrum built its business model when making money was still taboo in crypto, recognizing that permissionless doesn’t mean free Steven: “I’ve lived long enough in crypto to remember a time where revenue was taboo. Making money, that sounds like something you shouldn’t be talking about. Everything should be free and open…” Robbie: “Public goods.” Steven: “Yeah, exactly. Everything should be public goods, and God forbid that anyone actually has a business model.” “But actually, we were very early on to understand that, no, for this protocol to succeed, it has to have a business model.” “And a business model actually has to be defendable, and not like, ‘Oh, pay me please, but you can also opt out and not pay me.’” “The way we’ve architected the Arbitrum revenue protocol and the licensing is: if you’re using the Arbitrum software, you don’t have to talk to me. You don’t need my permission. But you do have to pay the Arbitrum DAO, and that’s not something that’s negotiable.”