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Vitalik Buterin Says Ethereum’s Next Test Is Usability at Global Scale With Real Decentralization

He urges a move from upgrade scorecards to apps that meet a 'walkaway test' to keep working through major provider outages.

Overview

  • In a New Year post on X, Buterin said 2025 advances made Ethereum faster, more reliable, and closer to a shared computing platform.
  • He said success requires achieving two goals simultaneously: global usability and genuine decentralization.
  • He highlighted milestones including higher gas limits, increased blob counts, improved node software, zkEVM performance gains, and progress on PeerDAS.
  • He warned builders not to chase the “next meta,” citing tokenized dollars, political memecoins, or artificially padded blockspace.
  • He called for real-world stress testing so users would not notice if major infrastructure providers go offline or are compromised.