Ethereum 2026: No Longer Obsessed with Mainstream Adoption, Vitalik Bets on Trustlessness
Ethereum 2026 marks a turning point where the network shifts away from sacrificing decentralization, self-custody, and trustlessness for mainstream adoption. Vitalik Buterin’s vision focuses on strengthening core values through key technical upgrades: ZK-EVMs and block-level access lists to make running nodes easier, Helios light clients for verifiable RPCs, ORAM/PIR for private queries, social recovery wallets to replace fragile seed phrases, IPFS-hosted unstoppable dapp UIs, and FOCIL for censorship-resistant block building. These innovations aim to reverse the re-centralization of infrastructure—where trusted intermediaries like Infura and centralized block builders dominate—and restore true user sovereignty, privacy, and permissionless access. The goal is to make Ethereum a genuinely trust-minimized platform without compromising usability.
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