Overview
- In a Jan. 1 post, he said 2025 delivered higher gas limits, more data blobs, improved node software, zkEVM performance milestones, and progress on PeerDAS.
- He set a dual requirement for success: global usability without sacrificing decentralization across both the base layer and application layer.
- He promoted a “walkaway test,” arguing dApps should continue operating if developers disappear and users should not notice a Cloudflare outage.
- He cited the November 2025 Cloudflare failure that affected about 20% of hosted sites, along with an October AWS disruption, as evidence of fragile dependencies.
- He warned against chasing short-term metas such as tokenized dollars, political memecoins, or artificial blockspace filling, calling for privacy-preserving, resilient dApps that apply today’s tools.