Vitalik Buterin argued that Ethereum's ability to fill the resilience void highlighted by the Nordic retreat depends on improved privacy, usability, and decentralization

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The president later clarified that the planned reserve would also hold Bitcoin

For Vitalik, this is all proof that Ethereum has to go beyond just scaling. It has to be reliable when everything else is broken. Not reliant on governments, not dependent on centralized infrastructure.