While upgrades have improved efficiency and lowered costs, the ecosystem faces deeper structural questions around fragmentation, security, and purpose, even as it continues prioritizing base-layer scaling. Ethereum’s first months of 2026 have exposed growing tensions across its ecosystem—from Vitalik Buterin’s critique of Layer 2 scaling and rising concerns over quantum threats, to leadership changes and an expanding push into AI—forcing a broader reassessment of the network’s direction. While…
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