Vitalik reviews Ethereum’s technical milestones
Ethereum cofounder Vitalik Buterin shared a retrospective on the network’s development in 2025, pointing to a series of foundational improvements across both the base layer and the broader ecosystem.
Among the most notable changes were increases to the gas limit, higher blob counts supporting data availability for rollups, significant upgrades in node software quality, and performance breakthroughs in zero-knowledge EVM implementations.
Together, these developments strengthened Ethereum’s ability to support a growing number of users and applications while improving overall network efficiency.
Beyond short-term narratives
Buterin cautioned against focusing too heavily on transient trends or short-term narratives, emphasizing that Ethereum’s core objective remains unchanged.
According to him, the network’s long-term mission is to become a true “world computer” — a neutral, global infrastructure layer that underpins a more free and open internet rather than simply serving as a platform for speculative use cases.
The road ahead: usability, scalability, decentralization
Vitalik stressed that despite the technical progress made in 2025, Ethereum must continue pushing forward on three core fronts: usability, scalability, and decentralization.
This effort applies not only to the blockchain layer itself, but also to the application layer, where user experience, reliability, and accessibility remain critical for mainstream adoption.
BTCUSA outlook
Ethereum’s recent gains show that deep infrastructure work is paying off, but Buterin’s comments underscore that the project is still in the middle of a long transformation.
If Ethereum succeeds in balancing technical innovation with real-world usability and decentralization, it may yet achieve its original vision as the foundational computing layer for the open internet.
