Vitalik Buterin, the strictest father of L2 blockchains, is taking the path of weakening its dominance even further. Following last month's overturning of L2's historical role in scaling Ethereum, and now a five-year plan to scale Ethereum 1000 times within five years, he's embarking on a massive leap forward. If Vitalik's ruthless and decisive approach continues, it essentially cuts down the money-making opportunities that VCs have been building around for Ethereum's roadmap for the past few years. Before this, the Ethereum mainnet maintained extreme restraint, continuously burying itself and issuing roadmaps for public bidding. Many VCs focused on incubating projects based on Ethereum's roadmap, creating a bunch of L2, modular, and storage projects to "fill the gaps" and help Ethereum scale. This was a genuine, guaranteed opportunity; regardless of whether they succeeded, the tokens were issued. But now this path is completely blocked, especially for infrastructure VCs, who will likely face further losses. Vitalik's article highlights a proposed solution for expanding Ethereum's state data. He proposes introducing a new and cheaper ephemeral state, cleared monthly, to significantly reduce the burden on full nodes. This would create two states for Ethereum: a permanent state for storing high-value data such as user accounts, funds, and smart contract code, and an ephemeral state for storing less valuable or short-lived data. Ultimately, 5% of Ethereum's state data would be permanently stored, while 95% would be periodically cleared. Furthermore, Vitalik explicitly opposes using third-party storage platforms, arguing that they create strong dependence and lack reliability. Just listen to that—five years ago, it would have been considered radical! 🤣 This signifies a complete shift in Vitalik's thinking; he believes Ethereum's scaling should not be left to outsiders, further confirming the earlier point that the path of Ethereum-focused startups over the past few years has come to an end.