According to ChainCatcher, Vitalik Buterin stated in an article on the X platform that Ethereum made several advancements in 2025, including increasing the gas limit, increasing the number of blobs, optimizing node software quality, and zkEVM achieving a performance milestone.
With zkEVM and PeerDAS, Ethereum has taken a significant step towards becoming a new and more powerful blockchain. Vitalik Buterin points out that Ethereum still faces challenges and needs to take more action to achieve its established goal of building a world computer as the core infrastructure of a free and open internet. This vision aims to develop decentralized applications that operate without fraud, censorship, or third-party interference, and possess the property of continuing to function even if the original developers disappear or centralized service providers fail.
To achieve this goal, Ethereum needs to improve availability, scalability, and decentralization at both the blockchain layer (including the running and communication software) and the application layer.
