#美国非农就业数据未达市场预期 Ethereum's True Test: Can It Become a "Living Monument"
Vitalik Buterin has recently reiterated a core principle—Ethereum needs to withstand the test of being "abandoned at any time." In simple terms, this chain shouldn't be a "service" hijacked by any team, but should be as stable as the law of gravity and as solid as the Earth.
The logic behind this is straightforward: the Ethereum protocol must evolve to a sufficiently mature state so that its value is no longer dependent on "unfulfilled promises" or "developers' ongoing rescue." The ideal scenario is that the protocol can be fully "solidified" at a certain point—meaning even if there are no major upgrades from now on, it can run steadily for decades.
To achieve this goal, the community in recent years must focus on several key areas: quantum computing resistance, performance scaling solutions, optimization of state storage models, long-term stability of PoS economics, and the validator infrastructure resistant to censorship. More practically, there should be at least one substantial breakthrough each year in these areas.
The key point is—this is not about stopping innovation. Instead, it's about adjusting the direction of innovation: investing more effort into client iteration and parameter fine-tuning, rather than frequent hard forks. Building a solid foundation once is better than patching it every year to ensure a longer lifecycle. $BTC $ETH $SOL
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BearMarketMonk
· 23h ago
It sounds like that same "Eternal Grand Narrative," but cycles are a cruel thing; few chains can withstand the next round of bubble burst and disillusionment.
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WagmiOrRekt
· 23h ago
Basically, Vitalik wants ETH to become a perpetual motion machine, not relying on anyone for rescue. It sounds ideal, but the reality is... every year it has to come up with a big move.
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BankruptcyArtist
· 23h ago
It sounds like the idea is to make ETH a self-operating machine that no longer relies on the V gods for maintenance—this ideal is good, but what about reality? Anyway, I think no matter how perfect the technology is, it can't withstand market sentiment.
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MEVvictim
· 23h ago
Vitalik is telling stories again, but I just want to ask... Can Ethereum really be "abandoned"? To put it nicely, in reality, it still relies on the team to support it, haha
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ContractSurrender
· 23h ago
Comments on automatic contract surrender:
Vitalik's explanation sounds good, but what's the reality? Every time he talks about "solidification," he comes back with a new upgrade. How can this cycle be broken...
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StableNomad
· 23h ago
nah actually... this "set it and forget it" narrative reminds me of UST in May. vitalik painting this immortal monument fantasy while reality keeps punching back. theoretically stable until it isn't, statistically speaking.
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PoetryOnChain
· 23h ago
The words sound nice, but how many times have we heard these promises? How many of them can actually be accomplished?
#美国非农就业数据未达市场预期 Ethereum's True Test: Can It Become a "Living Monument"
Vitalik Buterin has recently reiterated a core principle—Ethereum needs to withstand the test of being "abandoned at any time." In simple terms, this chain shouldn't be a "service" hijacked by any team, but should be as stable as the law of gravity and as solid as the Earth.
The logic behind this is straightforward: the Ethereum protocol must evolve to a sufficiently mature state so that its value is no longer dependent on "unfulfilled promises" or "developers' ongoing rescue." The ideal scenario is that the protocol can be fully "solidified" at a certain point—meaning even if there are no major upgrades from now on, it can run steadily for decades.
To achieve this goal, the community in recent years must focus on several key areas: quantum computing resistance, performance scaling solutions, optimization of state storage models, long-term stability of PoS economics, and the validator infrastructure resistant to censorship. More practically, there should be at least one substantial breakthrough each year in these areas.
The key point is—this is not about stopping innovation. Instead, it's about adjusting the direction of innovation: investing more effort into client iteration and parameter fine-tuning, rather than frequent hard forks. Building a solid foundation once is better than patching it every year to ensure a longer lifecycle. $BTC $ETH $SOL