tldr; Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s founder, argues that the platform has become overly complex, undermining its goals of trustlessness and self-sovereignty. He highlights that excessive code, cryptographic dependencies, and complexity weaken security and resilience. Buterin advocates for simplifying Ethereum by reducing code, avoiding unnecessary dependencies, and removing underutilized features. He suggests slowing the pace of changes and focusing on a sustainable, decentralized infrastructure for the long term.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
Spoiler alert: He didn’t say that Ethereum needs to be completely overhauled because it has become too complex.
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You should have thought of that in 2014, when you knew that PoW doesn’t scale. Now it’s like you trying to fix the engine of an airplane mid-air. Good luck with that.
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Vitalik must step away from Ethereum and start a new project.
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This comes to mind [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WHBO_Qc-Q](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6WHBO_Qc-Q)
tldr; Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum’s founder, argues that the platform has become overly complex, undermining its goals of trustlessness and self-sovereignty. He highlights that excessive code, cryptographic dependencies, and complexity weaken security and resilience. Buterin advocates for simplifying Ethereum by reducing code, avoiding unnecessary dependencies, and removing underutilized features. He suggests slowing the pace of changes and focusing on a sustainable, decentralized infrastructure for the long term.
*This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
ETH 3.0 new token lets go
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If anyone wants to know what Vitalik actually said, you can read it here: https://np.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/1qg4ay1/protocol_simplicity_as_necessary_part_of/
Spoiler alert: He didn’t say that Ethereum needs to be completely overhauled because it has become too complex.
You should have thought of that in 2014, when you knew that PoW doesn’t scale. Now it’s like you trying to fix the engine of an airplane mid-air. Good luck with that.
Sometime last week … …
Vitalik: Darn … what is this line doing?
fake headline !