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title: "Vitalik: ETH Should Focus on Store of Value, Not Fee Burning"
url: https://thecoingazette.com/vitalik-eth-should-focus-on-store-of-value-not-fee-burning/
date: 2026-11-08
modified: 2026-11-08
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author: "Coin Gazette Editorial"
description: "Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum should focus more on ETH as a store of value rather than as a “fee-bur..."
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---

# Vitalik: ETH Should Focus on Store of Value, Not Fee Burning

Vitalik Buterin said Ethereum should focus more on ETH as a store of value rather than as a “fee-burning token,” arguing that fee burn was never as strong a valuation floor as it appeared and that maximizing fees could conflict with decentralization and capture resistance.He said Ethereum’s strongest attributes are decentralization and “CROPS” — censorship and capture resistance, open source, privacy and security — and that these qualities are better aligned with ETH’s role as a store of value. Buterin added that Ethereum should not be concerned even if fee burn remains below 10% of breakeven over the long term, saying ETH’s value can come from elsewhere.