{"id":92348,"date":"2025-12-18T12:51:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T09:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=92348"},"modified":"2025-12-18T17:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T14:08:41","slug":"vitalik-buterin-advocates-for-simplifying-ethereum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/vitalik-buterin-advocates-for-simplifying-ethereum\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitalik Buterin advocates for simplifying Ethereum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The complexity of using the ecosystem of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization hinders its widespread adoption, according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An important and underrated form of trustlessness is increasing the number of people who can actually understand the whole protocol from top to bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Ethereum needs to get better at this (by making the protocol simpler). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pa1PXRG8sA\">https:\/\/t.co\/Pa1PXRG8sA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/2001333394614132884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cAn important and underrated form of trustlessness is increasing the number of people who can actually understand the whole protocol from top to bottom. Ethereum needs to get better at this by making the protocol simpler,\u201d he wrote.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trustlessness refers to a system&#8217;s ability to operate automatically according to set algorithms, without intermediaries.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, the Ethereum blockchain is decentralized\u2014transactions are executed by open code and validators. However, the internal structure of the protocol is too complex, understood only by a narrow group of specialists. This creates a paradox: in practice, network participants still have to trust someone, in this case, the developers.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the choice between broad technical capabilities and system simplicity, Buterin <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/2001406740953223358\">noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cSometimes we should consciously give up some features.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The community supported the Ethereum co-founder&#8217;s opinion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cThe same principle applies to privacy infrastructure. If only five people understand how your privacy protocol works, you have not achieved decentralization\u2014you have merely changed whom you trust,\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/intmaxIO\/status\/2001343232198996089\"><em>noted<\/em><\/a> <em>developers of the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\"><em>L2<\/em><\/a><em> solution INTMAX.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Focus on User Experience<\/h2>\n<p>The Ethereum roadmap <a href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/ru\/roadmap\/user-experience\">acknowledges<\/a> that the network remains too complex for the average user. The ultimate goal is to make interacting with the blockchain as intuitive and seamless as using a conventional web application.<\/p>\n<p>To achieve this, developers are implementing a comprehensive approach. Planned updates include the introduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-account-abstraction\">smart contract wallets<\/a> that conceal complex details like gas fees and key management.<\/p>\n<p>Another priority is simplifying node deployment. In the future, running a node could be possible on a smartphone or through a browser extension. This will lower the entry barrier and increase decentralization, allowing more users to directly participate in supporting the network.<\/p>\n<p>Back in August, the Ethereum Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-foundation-unveils-plan-to-enhance-user-experience\">introduced<\/a> a plan to improve user experience.<\/p>\n<p>According to the foundation&#8217;s research, shortcomings in this area are the most pressing issue for both private and institutional clients.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The complexity of using the ecosystem of the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization hinders its widespread adoption, according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Vitalik Buterin calls for simplifying Ethereum to boost adoption.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,200],"class_list":["post-92348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-ethereum","tag-vitalik-buterin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"165","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Vitalik Buterin calls for simplifying Ethereum to boost adoption.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92348"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92348\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92371,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92348\/revisions\/92371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}