Vitalik: The decentralized renaissance is coming soon

GateUser-6433627c · 2026-01-14T06:42:31+00:00

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin revisits the blockchain vision of 2014, emphasizing that the potential of decentralized applications still remains. He points out that although the vision has been somewhat blurry over the past five years, the core technology has become increasingly powerful. It is expected that by 2026, decentralized applications will become more practical, driving a renaissance of decentralization.

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2026-01-14 06:42:31

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On January 14th, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin posted a reflection on the blockchain vision of 2014: at that time, the idea was to have permissionless decentralized applications that could support functions such as finance, social media, shared mobility, organizational governance, crowdfunding, and even potentially create a completely different alternative network, all built on a set of technologies. Over the past five years, this core vision has sometimes become blurred, with various “meta-narratives” and “themes” once dominating the discourse. But the core vision has never disappeared. In fact, the core technology supporting this vision is becoming increasingly powerful. Vitalik stated that in 2014, decentralized applications were just toys, and using them was a hundred times more difficult than now during the Web 2.0 era. By 2026, Fileverse will be good enough for me to frequently write documents and send them to others for collaboration. The decentralized renaissance is coming, and you can also be part of it.

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