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

ChainCatcher reported that Vitalik Buterin stated 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 “an entirely new and more powerful decentralized network.”

Vitalik said that PeerDAS went live on mainnet in 2025, while ZK-EVM, though still undergoing security enhancements, has already reached production-level performance and is expected to see small-scale adoption on the network 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 state structures, 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 a decade addressing data availability and scalability issues, and this vision is now gradually becoming a reality.