#数字资产市场动态 Can Ethereum regain its original purpose? Vitalik provides a roadmap

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin recently set a clear goal: by 2026, Ethereum needs to reclaim sovereignty and privacy.

This is not just a slogan, but an honest self-correction.

The current issues are quite painful. Running full nodes becomes increasingly difficult each year, ordinary users are forced to rely on centralized RPC services, and self-verification capabilities are quietly diminishing. Many dApps have already transformed into "quasi Web2 platforms"—all data exchanges go through controlled servers, and the trust model is regressing step by step. Even more ironically, users sacrifice privacy for convenience, only to fall into frequent data leakage risks. Coupled with the trend of centralization in block production and infrastructure, protocol neutrality and usability are being weakened.

How to reverse the situation? The direction is actually quite clear.

Technologies like ZK-EVM and BAL can significantly lower the barrier to node operation, allowing personal computers to participate in validation. Solutions like Helios reduce dependence on external RPCs through local verification mechanisms. Returning to local validation and user sovereignty is the true way out.

2026 is not the end, but a milestone—marking the official return of Ethereum's core values.

Technology continues to iterate, but this time, the pointer finally points in the right direction.