Vitalika Buterina, often called the "father" of the second largest Crypto Ethernum, said that the old blockchain problem (block chain) – i.e. trilemma (tridylemat) – had been solved. What does this mean for people investing money, programmers and the whole market? Will Ethereum become number one in the world of decentralization (dispersal of power)? Let's take a closer look – it can change everything in digital money.
First, let us remind you what trilemma blockchain is.
It's Buterin's idea that in the blockchain system, it's hard to have three things at once.:
- Decentralisation (no central boss),
- Security (protection against attacks),
- Scalability (ability to handle multiple transactions quickly).
Usually, the improvement of one baded the other. For example, Bitcoin focuses on security and decentralization, but is free. Other networks give up full decentralization to be faster.
In his new speech, Buterin announced that no more compromises. ‘Trilemma is solved – not only in theory, but in code" – he said, pointing out two solutions: ZK-EVMs (Zero-Knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machines, i.e. Ethereum virtual machines with evidence of zero-Knowledge – a technique that hides details but confirms the truth) and PeerDAS (Peer Data Availability Sample, i.e. sampling the availability of data by peers). ZK-EVMs is a way to check transactions quickly and safely. PeerDAS helps share data without centralization. Buterin says PeerDAS has been operating since 2025 and ZK-EVMs has partly been operating since 2026. This gives Ethereum decentralization, security and high speed at once.
This announcement concerns future updates of Ethereum, which are to make them better than old systems like Bitcoin. Buterin emphasizes that these tools already work in practice, as can be seen from the growing use of ZK-EVMs in small parts of the network. This is a big change because it allows you to build large applications such as DeFi (decentralised finance), NFT (unchangeable tokens) or payment systems worldwide, without risk of centralization or attacks.
People in the cryptic world react differently. On platform X (old Twitter) post Cointelegraph about it collected a lot of sages and comments. Ethereum fans enjoy: "Ethereum with PeerDAS and ZK-EVMs changes the game!" But skeptics talk about competition, like Kaspa or PAW Chain, which say they solved the problem before. "Kaspa did it in 2021, but nobody talks," someone writes. Others, like the Matrix AI Network, add that scalability is not everything – it is also important to protect data, for example biological data.
What does that mean for the market? Ethereum, as a place for smart contracts (smart contracts), can become stronger, attracting more programmers and money. The current price of ETH (token Ethereum) is high, which shows optimism. Experts say that by 2030 ZK-EVMs will be the "heart" of Ethereum, giving infinite scalability. But Buterin warns against bad things, like too much power in the hands of VC investors (venture capital, or venture capital) or pre-emptive coin extraction.
These words Vitalika is not only a technical update – it is a plan for the future of crypto. Will Ethereum really defeat the trilemm and become the basis of the Web3 (new version of the internet, decentralised)? We'll see, but the revolution has already begun.
