2025-12-17 23:21:18

Ethereum core developers recently expressed a sobering view: the current Ethereum protocol is too complex. How complex? Only a few technical elites can truly understand it, and this precisely undermines the essence of trustlessness.

Sounds a bit ironic, right? — Blockchain was originally meant to break trust monopolies, but the protocol design itself has instead created new centers of trust. Ordinary users can't understand the operational logic, and thus can't independently verify the system's security. In the end, they still have to trust the judgments of a few "experts." How is this fundamentally different from centralization?

Therefore, the clear direction for future improvements is to eliminate those flashy but unnecessary complexities, making the protocol simpler and more intuitive. As more people can read the code and participate in audits, security vulnerabilities can't hide, and the space for malicious attacks will be squeezed even smaller. The ecosystem's risk resistance naturally improves.

This is not just a technical optimization issue but a fundamental question of whether blockchain can truly achieve decentralization. What do you think? Can Ethereum really be simplified enough so that ordinary people can understand the underlying logic of blockchain?

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consensus_whisperer

· 2025-12-20 17:24

It's easy to say nice words, and simplifying protocols sounds easy, but how does it actually work? Decentralization and usability are inherently contradictory. The Ethereum issue has actually been around for a long time; it's a bit late to start paying attention now. Complexity is like a black hole—cut one feature and three new ones pop up, endless. So ordinary people can never understand the underlying layer? Then what are we retail investors still doing? Core developers are right, but who will bear the cost of simplification? That's why I still tend to trust code auditing companies more; if you can't understand it yourself, you have to trust others. Think about Bitcoin—it's actually doing pretty well, just simple and straightforward, and that's why it's so popular. Trying to learn Ethereum's way like Bitcoin? Feels tough, too many ecosystem dependencies on these complex things. True decentralization might just be an ideal; in the end, you still have to trust certain people.

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CountdownToBroke

· 2025-12-17 23:50

Well said, this is the real deal. I've always thought that many people buying coins nowadays actually have no idea what they're buying, blindly trusting a big V or a team. Isn't this still the same centralized system? Elites monopolize the discourse, and we, the retail investors, can only get slaughtered.

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MoodFollowsPrice

· 2025-12-17 23:34

Sounds nice, but can it really be simplified? I have my doubts.

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GamefiGreenie

· 2025-12-17 23:34

Damn, you're right. We retail investors simply can't understand, and in the end, we still have to trust those big V influencers. It’s really tempting. I initially wanted decentralization, but instead, power has concentrated back into those devs' hands. Simplify? I doubt it. Changing one thing affects everything else; who dares to make a move? If you can understand, then you're a ghost. I haven't even learned Solidity. That's why I only dare to play blockchain games. Since I can't trust any of it anyway, just enjoy playing and have fun.

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