PROD Excerpt 004_Vitalik: “Ethereum is a ‘rebellion’ against centralization… bigger improvements needed”_Why isn’t it showing up~!!

Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum (ETH), said on the 1st (local time) that “Ethereum is a rebellion against centralization.”

In a post on X on the day, Buterin said, “Ethereum’s real goal is to build a ‘world computer’ that functions as the core infrastructure of an open internet.”

Buterin stressed, “We are building decentralized applications.” He said they should be “applications independent enough that, from a user’s perspective, they wouldn’t even notice if Cloudplay went down or even if all of Cloudflare were hacked by North Korea,” and “applications that operate reliably, transcending the rise and fall of companies, ideologies, and political forces.”

Buterin noted that “these characteristics may sound radical.” He continued, “Even a generation ago, wallets, home appliances, books, and cars naturally met all of these conditions,” adding that “today, all of these are being converted into subscription services, making them permanently dependent on centralized rulers.” Buterin said, “Ethereum is a rebellion against this,” and added, “To realize this, Ethereum must be usable at scale and must be genuinely decentralized.”

He also mentioned the need for further improvements. Buterin said it must be achieved “both in the blockchain layer—including the blockchain itself and the software (SW) that runs and connects it—and in the application layer,” adding that “all of these components are already improving, but larger improvements will be needed going forward.”