I noticed an interesting turn in Vitalik's thoughts about the future of Ethereum. It seems the community is preparing for a serious rethinking of how we build applications on the blockchain.

At the core of his idea is a simple but radical thought: we need to forget what has already been built and start from scratch. Not just improve the existing ecosystem, but rewrite the rules of the game. This applies to everything—from privacy as a top priority to reimagining the role of Layer 2 solutions.

What caught my attention most is the emphasis on the CROPS principles: censorship resistance, openness, privacy, and security. Vitalik emphasizes that these fundamentals should not be sacrificed for compromises. Instead, we need to rethink the architecture of applications around them.

There is also a cultural aspect he calls key — the idea of completely discarding outdated notions and creating space for radical creativity. It sounds like a challenge to oneself and the entire community.

Especially interesting is the part about L2. The question used to be: what to do with the existing ecosystem? Now it’s reframed as: which L2 solutions will create the maximum synergistic effect for the entire network? Here, I see potential for Bitcoin synergy — when different layers and protocols work in harmony, creating a greater whole. It’s not just technical improvements, but a rethinking of how components interact.

The idea of rewriting Ethereum applications from 2014 from scratch, based on first principles of DeFi, decentralized social networks, and identity — this is a challenge to the entire community. Imagine: you are writing a white paper assuming the network is not yet in use. What would you design?

It seems that this is the key to Ethereum’s revival — not optimizing the old, but boldly rethinking new possibilities we have today.