Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the network should eventually become more independent, arguing that the blockchain should remain usable and resilient even without constant updates.
In an extended X post today, Buterin framed this as a long-term test of Ethereum’s durability, calling it the “walkaway test,” and noting that Ethereum is “meant to be a home for trustless and trust-minimized applications, whether in finance, governance or elsewhere.”
As Buterin explained, Ethereum should host applications that work more like tools, “the hammer that once you buy it's yours,” rather than like services that stop functioning if the vendor abandons them. He added that the network should reach a point where it can “ossify if we want to,” meaning the network’s core rules could remain stable for years without requiring constant upgrades.
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