Vitalik Buterin: 2026 Marks Ethereum’s Return to Self-Sovereignty and Privacy

Vitalik Buterin says 2026 will mark a turning point for Ethereum, as the network moves to reverse what he describes as a decade of “backsliding” on its original values of self-sovereignty, decentralization, and privacy. According to Buterin, Ethereum’s push for mainstream adoption over the past ten years came with costly design compromises. source: https://www.ethnews.com/vitalik-buterin-2026-marks-ethereums-return-to-self-sovereignty-and-privacy/