Brothers, this news is not ordinary news —
This is the soul of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin (Vitalik)
A wake-up call to the entire industry.
📌 Vitalik has officially signed (the Decentralization Declaration)
The core sentence of the declaration:
"Decentralization is fundamental, everything else is built upon it."
What does this mean? I'll translate it into plain language👇
🔥 1. Vitalik is warning the entire industry: you are going off track
In the past two years, the infrastructure, products, and protocols of Web3 have become increasingly reliant on:
Centralized node services
Centralized oracle
Centralized wallets
Centralized compliance repository
Centralized bridge
Centralized task platform
Centralized AI assistant
Some projects even don't do 'on-chain verification' anymore,
Directly hand over the logic to Web2 servers.
Vitalik's meaning is very clear:
👉 What you are doing is becoming more like Web2 wrapped in a Web3 shell.
this is not the Ethereum future he wants to see.
🧠 Two, because: decentralization is the only moat of Web3
You need to understand one simple thing:
Blockchain is not 'a faster database',
Blockchain is a system that 'does not require trust in anyone, and can continue to operate'.
Web2 relies on:
Trust the company
Trust the government
Trust intermediaries
Web3 relies on:
Consensus
Mathematics
Crypto
Transparency
Immutable
If these are lost,
Web3 has nothing left.
📉 Three, therefore: Vitalik's voice this time is a signal of the industry 'seriously deviating from the path'
Why did he choose this timing?
Because now Web3 clearly has three major problems👇
① Over-reliance on hosting (RPC, nodes, L2 sequencer)
Many 'decentralized projects'
In fact, it all depends on one server to determine life and death.
This is not called Web3, this is SaaS.
② Over-reliance on intermediaries (cross-chain bridges, oracles, KYC contractors)
Any single point explosion can drag down the entire ecosystem.
FTX, Multichain, Stake, which one is not like this?
③ AI accelerates the trend of centralization
Now more and more 'on-chain functions' are hosted on AI chips and AI service providers.
This is completely contrary to the idea of decentralization.
🔥 Four, my judgment (attitude)
Vitalik's voice this time is a reminder to the entire crypto industry:
📌 True value is not 'on-chain finance',
but rather 'censorship-resistant, downtime-resistant, and not dependent on centralization' freedom.
If Web3 does not have decentralization,
What is the difference from traditional internet?
The crypto industry has value → from 'can operate without trust'
and not 'because you trust me'.
I believe:
Vitalik's declaration will become a key turning point in the subsequent Ethereum roadmap.
For example:
More decentralized validation
L2 sequencer decentralization
Node requirements are increasing
Local verification wallet enhancement
Reject Web2-style hosting logic
Enhanced censorship resistance
will all advance along with this declaration.
💬
**Vitalik's declaration is a reminder to all builders:
The future of Web3 is not efficiency, but freedom.
If we lose decentralization, nothing stands.
