Vitalik Buterin Issues Urgent Call: Ethereum Must Streamline or Risk Obsolescence

Ethereum’s co-founder sounds the alarm—complexity is the network’s silent killer. As Layer 2 solutions multiply and gas fees fluctuate like crypto bros’ attention spans, Buterin demands radical simplification.

The ’ultra-sound money’ crowd isn’t thrilled. Cutting features means pruning sacred cows—possibly even rolling back some ’innovations’ that exist mostly to justify VC pitch decks. Meanwhile, Solana sharks circle, smelling blood in the water.

One thing’s clear: If Ethereum wants to keep its crown, it’ll need to shed weight faster than a trader liquidating before a market crash.

He also called for merging redundant tools and switching to more efficient cryptographic and data-handling methods—like unified erasure coding and binary Merkle trees—to improve performance and scalability across the network.

Ultimately, Buterin envisions Ethereum evolving into a leaner, more efficient platform capable of handling its ambitions in finance, identity, and beyond. The message is clear: if Ethereum wants to lead the next phase of the internet, it has to stop patching the old and start building smarter.