- Vitalik Buterin called for restoring decentralization, privacy and self-sovereignty in 2026.
- He posted the plan on X, stating Ethereum should stop trading core values for mainstream adoption.
- Key priorities include private payments, easier full-node operation, onchain data control and better social recovery wallets.
- Upcoming upgrades such as Kohaku and the Glamsterdam fork are expected to address some issues.
- Buterin also pushed for long-term protocol self-sufficiency and more decentralized stablecoin designs backed by diversified assets.
Vitalik Buterin posted on X on Friday calling for a return to decentralization, privacy and self-sovereignty across the Ethereum ecosystem. He said the community has compromised values to chase mainstream adoption and urged a course correction in 2026, aiming to restore trustlessness and user control. See his post on X.
Buterin wrote that the project has backslid on several fronts, noting nodes have become harder to run and decentralized apps now leak data to many servers. “In 2026, no longer. Every compromise of values that Ethereum has made up to this point – every moment where you might have been thinking, is it really worth diluting ourselves so much in the name of mainstream adoption – we are making that compromise no longer.”
He outlined priorities to reclaim lost ground: improved private payments, lowering the barrier for users to operate full nodes, decentralized apps that do not rely on centralized servers, easier onchain data control, and stronger social recovery wallets to protect funds when seed phrases are lost or stolen. He said some fixes will arrive through planned network work and software changes.
Buterin also emphasized long-term sustainability, urging Ethereum to pass a “walkaway test” so the protocol can remain secure without ongoing developer intervention. He added that features like quantum resistance, more scalable architecture and better block-building models are necessary, and he called for improved decentralized stablecoins backed by diversified baskets of assets rather than a single national currency.
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