Vitalik Buterin warned that decentralization must evolve from a vague slogan into a system of concrete guarantees for users, or Ethereum risks becoming a failed experiment.

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July 2, 2025

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Speaking in front of a packed room at the Ethereum Community Conference, in Cannes, France, Buterin used his keynote to deliver a clear-eyed reality check: Decentralization, he argued, must evolve from a catchphrase to a concrete set of user guarantees — or risk becoming another hollow promise.

According to Buterin, decentralization must grow from catchphrase to concrete user guarantees or risk becoming another hollow promise.

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