Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum is solving the blockchain trilemma with real code

According to Odaily, Vitalik Buterin stated that Ethereum is now close to solving the long-standing “blockchain trilemma” at the practical operational level. He pointed out that two key upgrades, PeerDAS and ZK-EVM, are transforming Ethereum into a “completely new, more powerful decentralized network.” Vitalik noted that PeerDAS went live on mainnet in 2025, while ZK-EVM, though still in the process of security enhancement, has already reached production-level performance and is expected to see small-scale adoption on the network starting in 2026.

Vitalik further outlined that in the coming years, Ethereum will gradually achieve a balance between 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 vision, but a long-term engineering achievement built on already running code. Vitalik also recalled that Ethereum has spent nearly 10 years addressing data availability and scalability issues, and this vision is now gradually becoming a reality.