Vitalik Buterin: How Ethereum Becomes The World Ledger

Vitalik Buterin circles back on Ethereum’s 10th birthday to unpack the wild ride—from the DAO debacle and NFT boom to unexpected cultural shifts and hard-earned scaling lessons. He reflects on privacy as a core value, the L1 vs L2 trade-off, and what he’d do differently if he could press rewind.

Looking forward, Vitalik pitches Ethereum as a “world ledger” built to survive an AI-centric future, outlines a barbell strategy for scaling, and teases tweaks to economic alignment and foundation structure. He even drops hints on what the next decade holds—for ETH, the Foundation, and his own journey.

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