Vitalik supports the Simple Protocol: The more complex the protocol, the greater the centralization risk.

【Crypto World】Ethereum co-founder Vitalik recently shared a new perspective——he believes that true “trustlessness” is not just a slogan, but the key lies in making systems simple enough to understand. Why is that? Complex protocols have a hidden risk: knowledge tends to concentrate among a few core developers, which in turn creates new centralization risks. He used the tinygrad framework as an example to illustrate this point—the simpler the framework, the lower the barrier to review and understanding, allowing more people to participate in code inspection, and thus increasing the decentralization of the entire ecosystem. This viewpoint resonates with many developers, suggesting that simplicity and auditability might be the key to next-generation blockchain design.