Overview
- “Ethereum was not created to make finance efficient or apps convenient; it was created to set people free,” Buterin wrote, revisiting language from the Trustless Manifesto.
- He said Ethereum should keep working during crises such as censorship, internet disruptions, Cloudflare outages, or when application developers disappear.
- Buterin framed value around minimizing the risk of total failure rather than chasing incremental yield or lower latency.
- He argued that decentralized, permissionless, resilient blockspace is scarce and should be prioritized before scale and UX improvements.
- Reaction across the crypto community was mixed, with supporters backing the focus on resilience and critics pointing to high fees and usability hurdles.