{"id":93247,"date":"2026-01-17T10:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=93247"},"modified":"2026-01-17T10:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:10:11","slug":"buterin-advocates-a-return-to-ethereums-core-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/buterin-advocates-a-return-to-ethereums-core-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Buterin Advocates a Return to Ethereum&#8217;s Core Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, Ethereum will reclaim its lost ground in self-governance and trustlessness, according to project co-founder Vitalik Buterin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2026 is the year that we take back lost ground in terms of self-sovereignty and trustlessness.<\/p>\n<p>Some of what this practically means:<\/p>\n<p>Full nodes: thanks to ZK-EVM and BAL, it will once again become easier to locally run a node and verify the Ethereum chain on your own computer.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VitalikButerin\/status\/2012231445809435134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2026<\/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>\u201cAll the compromises on values that Ethereum has made so far\u2014every moment when you might think, \u2018Is it worth diluting our values so much for mass adoption?\u2019\u2014we will no longer make these concessions,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>To change the trend, Buterin outlined tasks for improvement in private payments, lowering the barrier to running a full node, and enabling applications that do not rely on centralized servers.<\/p>\n<p>He also emphasized the importance of user control over personal data on the blockchain and the need to improve the social recovery process, which protects funds in case of seed phrase loss or theft.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIn many of these areas over the past ten years, we have seen significant regression in Ethereum&#8217;s development. Running nodes has gone from simple to complex. Decentralized applications have turned from static pages into cumbersome giants that send all your data to a dozen servers,\u201d Buterin acknowledged.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of the identified issues will be addressed by the launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/buterin-unveils-privacy-tool-for-ethereum\">Kohaku<\/a> tool stack and the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-hard-fork\">Glamsterdam hard fork<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIt will be a long journey. [\u2026] But it will transform Ethereum into an ecosystem that deserves not only its current place in the universe but much more,\u201d Buterin stressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier in January, he <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/vitalik-buterin-proposes-self-sustaining-ethereum-concept\">proposed the concept<\/a> of a self-sustaining blockchain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2026, Ethereum will reclaim its lost ground in self-governance and trustlessness, according to project co-founder Vitalik Buterin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"In 2026, Ethereum will reclaim its lost ground in self-governance and trustlessness.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,200],"class_list":["post-93247","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":"193","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"In 2026, Ethereum will reclaim its lost ground in self-governance and trustlessness.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93247","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=93247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93249,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93247\/revisions\/93249"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}