📌 VITALIK BUTERIN: Ethereum is entering a phase of austerity with purpose.

The Ethereum Foundation is shifting focus toward core development, scalability, and long-term sustainability, prioritizing

“Ethereum for people who actually need it.”

Key goals:

-Build a scalable, robust, and decentralized world computer

-Protect user self-sovereignty, security, and privacy

-Strengthen Ethereum’s ability to sustain itself long term

Vitalik also signaled deeper personal involvement in open-source, privacy-preserving, and security-critical technologies, reinforcing Ethereum’s original mission beyond hype and speculation.