Vitalik Buterin stated that Ethereum has nearly solved the long-standing "blockchain trilemma" at the practical operational level. He pointed out that the two key upgrades, PeerDAS and ZK-EVM, are making Ethereum a "completely new, more powerful decentralized network."

Vitalik said that PeerDAS will launch on the mainnet in 2025, and although ZK-EVM is still in the process of security improvements, it has already reached production-level performance and is expected to begin small-scale use on the network in 2026. Vitalik further plans that in the coming years, Ethereum will gradually achieve a balance of decentralization, security, and high throughput by increasing the gas limit, adjusting the state structure, and introducing more ZK-EVM-based verification methods. He emphasized that this is not just a theoretical concept but a long-term engineering achievement based on already running code.

Vitalik also recalled that Ethereum has invested nearly 10 years in solving data availability and scalability issues, and this vision is now gradually becoming a reality.