Vitalik Buterin Issues Stark Warning: Ethereum’s Survival Hangs on True Decentralization—Not Just Buzzwords
Ethereum's co-founder drops a truth bomb as the network approaches its tenth anniversary.
The decentralization dilemma
Buterin's warning cuts through the usual crypto hype—if Ethereum becomes just another corporate blockchain with extra steps, the game's over. No sugarcoating, no VC-friendly platitudes.
Code vs. culture war
The real battle isn't in the whitepapers anymore. It's between true believers and the suits who'd happily trade decentralization for 'institutional adoption' (read: higher token prices).
Wake-up call
With staking pools looking suspiciously like banks and layer-2 solutions creating new centralization risks—Buterin's timing couldn't be sharper. The irony? This warning drops while Wall Street's latest 'blockchain innovation' team probably Googles 'what's a node?'