Vitalik Buterin believes that Ethereum has sacrificed too many core values such as decentralization, privacy, and financial autonomy just to attract mainstream users. He emphasizes that this must stop.

According to Vitalik, starting from 2026, Ethereum needs to focus on regaining the lost values by:
- Improving private payments.
- Making running nodes easier.
- Building truly decentralized applications that do not rely on centralized servers.
- Giving users better control over their data and assets.

Ethereum also needs to be resilient enough to survive for decades or centuries without depending on the development team, while also developing decentralized stablecoins so users are not reliant on the traditional financial system.
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